Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 0854 • ACR Convergence 2024
The OMERACT GCA Phantom Project: Validation of 3D Printed Ultrasound Training Models for Giant Cell Arteritis
Valentin Sebastian Schäfer¹, Tobias Schremmer², Florian Recker³, Wolfgang Hartung⁴, Christina Duftner⁵, Sara Monti⁶, Alojzija Hocevar⁷, Rositsa Karalilova⁸, Annamaria Iagnocco⁹, pierluigi macchioni¹⁰, Giuseppe Antonio Germano¹¹, ESPERANZA NAREDO¹², Eugenio De Miguel¹³, Luca Seitz¹⁴, Thomas Daikeler¹⁵, Dennis Boumans¹⁶, Chetan Mukhtyar¹⁷, Kate Smith¹⁸, Richard Wakefield¹⁸, Andreas Diamantopoulos¹⁹, Stavros Chrysidis²⁰, Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen²¹, Kresten Keller²², Uffe Moller Dohn²³, Lene Terslev²⁴, Marcin Milchert²⁵, Wolfgang Schmidt²⁶, George A. W. Bruyn²⁷, Aaron Juche²⁸ and Christian Dejaco²⁹, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 53127 Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²Helios Klinikum Bonn/Rhein-Sieg, Bonn, Germany, ³Department for Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Asklepios Clinic, Tegernheim, Germany, ⁵Medical University Innsbruck/Tirol Kliniken GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁶IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, ⁷University Medical Center Ljubljana, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ⁸Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁹University of Turin, Italy, Roma, Italy, ¹⁰SERVIZIO REUMATOLOGIA IRCCS REGGIO EMILIA, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit- Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova Reggio Emilia-Italy, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹²Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Inselspital, Liebefeld, Switzerland, ¹⁵university hospital, Basel, Switzerland, ¹⁶Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (Hospital Group Twente), Borne, Netherlands, ¹⁷Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom, ¹⁸NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, UK., Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, Vejle, Denmark, ²²Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ²³Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ²⁴Rigshospitalet-Glostrup & COPECARE, Glostrup, Denmark, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Clinical Immunology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland., Szczecin, Poland, ²⁶Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²⁷Reumakliniek Lelystad, Loenga, Netherlands, ²⁸Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ²⁹Azienda Sanitaria Alto Adige, Brunico, Italy
Background/Purpose: Ultrasonography has been validated as a diagnostic tool for giant cell arteritis (GCA). Due to the urgent need for glucocorticoid treatment in acute GCA…
Abstract Number: 1443 • ACR Convergence 2024
Natural Course of Degenerative Lesions of the Spine on Radiographs and MRI in Axial SpondyloarthritisFollowed 10 Years in the DESIR Cohort
Laura PINA VEGAS¹, Miranda van Lunteren², Damien Loeuille³, Caroline Morizot⁴, Esther Newsum⁵, Sofia Ramiro⁶, Floris van Gaalen⁷, Alain SARAUX⁸, Pascal Claudepierre⁹, Antoine Feydy¹⁰, Desiree van der Heijde¹¹ and Monique Reijnierse¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ³Phd, Nancy Vandoeuvre, Lorraine, France, ⁴Nancy University hospital, Nancy, France, ⁵Nij Smellinghe, Drachten, Netherlands, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ⁷LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ⁸CHU Brest, Brest, France, ⁹CHU Henri Mondor, AP-HP/EpiDermE, UPEC, Créteil, France, ¹⁰CHU Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Radiographs and MRI are the two imaging techniques often used to assess structural lesions in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). A high prevalence of degenerative lesions…
Abstract Number: 1690 • ACR Convergence 2024
FAPI-PET/CT as a Predictor of Accelerated Lung Function Deterioration in Systemic Sclerosis Related Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD): Preliminary-interim Analysis from a Confirmatory Risk Factor Study
Armin Atzinger¹, Yixing Huang², Koray Tascilar³, Nadine Bayerl⁴, Jörg Distler⁵, Katrin Staudt³, Havanur Kartalczik⁶, Cosimo Bruni⁷, Oliver Distler⁸, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁹, Tobias Bäuerle⁴, Andrea Prenner¹⁰, Florian Putz², Katharina Breininger¹¹, Torsten Kuwert¹², Bernhard Kainz¹¹, Georg Schett¹³ and Christina Bergmann¹⁴, ¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department Radiation Therapy, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department Radiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnber, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf and Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁷University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering; FAU, Erlangen, Germany, ¹¹Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering, Erlangen, Germany, ¹²Department Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnber, Erlangen, Germany, ¹³Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁴Department Internal Medicine III, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnber, Frankfurt, Germany
Background/Purpose: 68Ga-FAPI-PET/CT is a novel imaging method monitoring in-vivo fibroblast activation. We recently described an association of 68Ga-FAPI-uptake with deterioration of Forced Vital capacity (FVC)…
Abstract Number: 2018 • ACR Convergence 2024
Non-adherence to Urate Lowering Therapy in Gout After 5 Years Is Related to Poor Outcomes – Results from the NOR-Gout Study
Tillmann Uhlig¹, Lars F Karoliussen¹, Joseph Sexton², Sella A. Provan², Espen A. Haavardsholm³, Nicola Dalbeth⁴ and Hilde B Hammer¹, ¹Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ³Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁴University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: People with gout need to adhere to medication over time to achieve good outcomes. We assessed self-reported adherence to medication with urate lowering therapy…
Abstract Number: 2684 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessment of Skin in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Using High Frequency Ultrasound : A Comparative Study with Histology and Clinical Parameters of Skin Disease
Ruhani Desai¹, Filemon Tan², Minghua Wu³, Jefferey Browning⁴, Samuel Theodore³, Meng Zhang³, Brian Skaug³, Maureen Mayes³ and Shervin Assassi³, ¹UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, DeLand, FL, ²University of Texas at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ³UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁴Boston Univeristy, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The extent of skin involvement and its rate of progression can provide prognostic information for systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related morbidity and mortality. Moreover, skin assessment…
Abstract Number: 0472 • ACR Convergence 2024
Impaired Cardiac Function in Contemporary Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Comparative Pilot Study with Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance-derived Strain Analysis
Bas Dijkshoorn¹, Sreen Mohamed², Romy Hansildaar², Henk Everaars³, Geoffrey Mooij³, Luuk Hopman³, Paul Knaapen³, Lourens Robbers³ and Michael Nurmohamed⁴, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology center location Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Heart failure (HF) is an important, underdiagnosed comorbidity, with increased morbidity and mortality rates in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The risk of developing HF…
Abstract Number: 0862 • ACR Convergence 2024
Two-year’s Worsening of Semi-quantitative MRI Features as Surrogate Outcomes for Long-term Incident Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis After ACL-rupture
Jos Runhaar¹, Belle van Meer², Vernon Smit¹, mauro minnaard¹, Edwin Oei¹, Max Reijman¹ and Duncan Meuffels¹, ¹Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²St. Antonius Hospital Utrecht, Department of Sports Medicine, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: With an annual incidence rate of 2-5% in high-risk populations, the use of established knee OA as an outcome challenges the feasibility of preventive…
Abstract Number: 1444 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characterization and Comparison of MRI Findings in Axial Spondyloarthritis, Axial Psoriatic and Chronic Non-inflammatory Back Pain
Mauricio Parada¹, maría Luisa Molina¹, Daniel Ríos¹, Daniela Suarez¹, Natalie Hitchin², Cristóbal Bravo², Nicolás Guzmán² and Annelise Goecke¹, ¹Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, santiago, Chile, ²Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Background/Purpose: MRI of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) is part of the evaluation of patients with suspected axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). However, sacroiliitis (SI) could be a…
Abstract Number: 1757 • ACR Convergence 2024
Bimekizumab Treatment Resulted in Improvements in MRI Inflammatory and Structural Lesions in the Sacroiliac Joints of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: 52-Week Results and Post Hoc Analyses from Two Phase 3 Studies
Walter Maksymowych¹, Sofia Ramiro², Denis Poddubnyy³, Xenofon Baraliakos⁴, Robert Lambert¹, Ute Massow⁵, Thomas Vaux⁶, Chetan Prajapati⁶, Alexander Marten⁵, Natasha de Peyrecave⁷ and Mikkel Ostergaard⁸, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ³Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁵UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁶UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁷UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁸Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen and Center for Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The impact of bimekizumab (BKZ), a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits interleukin (IL)‑17F in addition to IL-17A, on structural lesions in patients (pts)…
Abstract Number: 2064 • ACR Convergence 2024
Quantifying Cutaneous Dermatomyositis: A Novel 3D Image-based Approach
Nantakarn Pongtarakulpanit¹, Tanya Chandra¹, shiri keret², Eugenia Gkiaouraki³, Vladimir Liarski¹, Dana Ascherman³, Siamak Mogahadam¹, Chester Oddis¹ and Rohit Aggarwal⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Rheumatology unit, Bnai-Zion medical center and the faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel., Atlit, Israel, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Rapid advancement in image analysis now has a critical role in the diagnosis and assessment of skin lesions. The current standard of visual examination…
Abstract Number: 2685 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association Between Gastrointestinal Bacterial Species and Radiological Features of Systemic Sclerosis-Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD): A Multicenter Study from the SSc Microbiome Consortium Project
Arissa Young¹, Kristofer Andreasson², Swapna Joshi³, Jen Labus³, Andrea Low Hsiu Ling⁴, vanessa smith⁵, Zsuzsanna McMahan⁶, Antonia Valenzuela Vergara⁷, Susanna Proudman⁸, Grace Kim³, Gracijela Bozovic², Jonathan Goldin³, Ezinne Aja³, Jonathan Jacobs³ and Elizabeth Volkmann⁹, ¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ³UCLA, Los Angeles, ⁴3Singapore General Hospital, Duke-NUS, Singapore, Singapore, ⁵Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁶UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁷Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ⁸Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ⁹University of California, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: Variations in gastrointestinal (GI) microbial communities may influence the development of lung diseases. Patients with SSc-ILD have a unique intestinal microbial signature. To further…
Abstract Number: 0478 • ACR Convergence 2024
Skin Sodium in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Association with Blood Pressure and Disease Activity
Carolina Ramirez, Annette Oeser, Rachelle Crescenzi, C. Michael Stein and Michelle Ormseth, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Sodium is stored in tissues such as the skin where it may contribute to development and progression of autoimmune diseases and hypertension through activation…
Abstract Number: 0937 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Novel Quantitative Method Reveals Bone-Structural Changes During Course of Inflammatory Arthritis
Anders Nguyen¹, David McBride², Miriam Bollmann¹, Agnieszka Lastowska³ and Mattias Svensson⁴, ¹University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, ²Calibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines, La Jolla, CA, ³University of Gothenburg, Goteborg, Sweden, ⁴University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by both localized and generalized bone loss. The inhibition of Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor…
Abstract Number: 1448 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Proportion of Inflammatory Back Pain Patients with an Abnormal Sacral MRI in a Community-Based Primary Care Setting
Emmanuel Katsaros¹, Robb Russel², Melissa Nagare², Cesar Ochoa¹, Fanglong Dong¹ and Michael Weisman³, ¹Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, ²Southern California University of Health Sciences, Whittier, CA, ³Stanford University, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a group of disorders typically occurring before the age of 45 whose common features include disabling inflammatory arthritis of the…
Abstract Number: 1758 • ACR Convergence 2024
Minimal Spinal Radiographic Progression in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis over 2 Years of Bimekizumab Treatment: Results from a Phase 3 Open-Label Extension Study
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Sofia Ramiro², Walter Maksymowych³, Mikkel Ostergaard⁴, Ute Massow⁵, Thomas Vaux⁶, Chetan Prajapati⁶, Alexander Marten⁵, Natasha de Peyrecave⁷ and Denis Poddubnyy⁸, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ³University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen and Center for Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁵UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁶UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁷UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁸Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: The effect of bimekizumab (BKZ), a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits interleukin (IL)‑17F in addition to IL-17A, on structural radiographic progression in the…

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