Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 1892 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging with T1 Mapping and Multi-b Value Diffusion-Weighted Sequences in Systemic Sclerosis for the Assessment of Myocardial Microscopic Fibrosis and Perfusion
Benjamin Terrier¹, Hervé Gouya², Alice Berezne¹, Alexis Regent³, Pascal Cohen¹, Loïc Guillevin⁴, Claire Le Jeunne⁵, Paul Legmann², Olivier Vignaux⁶ and Luc Mouthon⁷, ¹Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ²AP-HP Cochin Hospital, Department of Radiology B, Paris, France, ³Service de médecine interne, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁴Internal Medicine, Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Hotel-Dieu Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, Paris, France, ⁶Radiology, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, Referent Center for Necrotizing Vasculitis and Systemic Sclerosis, Paris-Descartes University, AP-HP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex disease associating vasculopathy, cutaneous and visceral fibrosis, and autoimmunity. Myocardial microscopic fibrosis may occur and potentially lead to…
Abstract Number: 848 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Nitroglycerin Patch Application in Systemic Sclerosis: Evaluation By Laser Doppler Imaging
Georgiana Bentea, Aurelien Wauters, Jean-Claude Wautrecht and Elie Cogan, Erasme Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex autoimmune disease, commonly associated with Raynaud phenomenon (RP). The aim of this study was to characterize the microvascular…
Abstract Number: 1970 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence and Predictors of Thoracic Aortic Damage in Biopsy-Proven Giant Cell Arteritis: A Single-Institution Cohort Study
Matthew J. Koster¹, Cristian Labarca², Cynthia S. Crowson³, Eric L. Matteson¹ and Kenneth J. Warrington¹, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Rheumatology, Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile, ³Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) are at an increased risk for aortic structural damage; however, the timing and predisposing characteristics for development of…
Abstract Number: 928 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Value of Early Ultrasound-Detected Osteophytes in Hand Osteoarthritis: Predicting the Future
Alexander Mathiessen¹, Barbara Slatkowsky-Christensen², Tore K. Kvien³, Ida K. Haugen⁴ and Hilde Berner Hammer², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴P.O. Box 23, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Vinderen, Norway
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound is more sensitive than conventional radiographs in detecting small osteophytes in hand osteoarthritis (OA). Osteophytes can be seen prior to joint space narrowing…
Abstract Number: 2027 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of a Dual Energy Computed Tomography Scoring System for Measurement of Urate Deposition in Gout
Sara Bayat¹, Opetaia Aati², Juergen Rech¹, Alexander Cavallaro³, Michael Lell³, Elizabeth Araujo⁴, Christina Petsch⁴, Lisa K. Stamp⁵, Georg A. Schett⁶, Bernhard Manger¹ and Nicola Dalbeth², ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ³Department of Radiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Radiology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Medical Department 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁶University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Development of a Dual Energy Computed Tomography Scoring System for Measurement of Urate Deposition in Gout Background/Purpose: Dual energy computed tomography (DECT) can visualize urate…
Abstract Number: 1299 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Can Bone Marrow Lesions be Scored More Reliably and Responsively in Knee Osteoarthritis Using a Web-Based Overlay System (KIMRISS) Than By Standard MRI Osteoarthritis Knee Scoring (MOAKS)? Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative and a Prospective Trial of Adaluminab Therapy
Jacob Jaremko¹, Mark Buller², Dean Jeffery², David McDougall³, Benjamin Smith², Robert G Lambert¹ and Walter Maksymowych⁴, ¹Radiology, Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Bone marrow lesions (BML) relate to pain and prognosis in knee osteoarthritis. The Knee Inflammation MRI Scoring System (KIMRISS) offers simple template-assisted binary BML…
Abstract Number: 2093 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Are General and Central Adiposity Associated with MRI-Assessed Structural Changes in the Knees of Older Adults?
Tomoko Fujii¹, Iva Miljkovic¹, Robert M. Boudreau², Ali Guermazi³, Sara R. Piva⁴, Elsa S. Strotmeyer², Laura Carbone⁵, Tamara B. Harris⁶, Elisa A. Marques⁶, M Kyla Shea⁷, Michael C. Nevitt⁸, Anne B. Newman² and C Kent Kwoh⁹, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Rheumatology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, ⁶National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Tuffs University, Boston, MA, ⁸Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁹University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Background/Purpose: Obesity is one of the few modifiable risk factors of knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, it is not established whether a mechanical or metabolic mechanism…
Abstract Number: 1314 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantitative MRI Measurement of Tenosynovitis Demonstrates Differing Responses of Synovitis and Tenosynovitis after RA Treatment
Michael A. Bowes¹, Gwenael Guillard¹, Graham R. Vincent², Jane E. Freeston³, Edward M. Vital⁴, Paul Emery⁵ and Philip G. Conaghan⁶, ¹Imorphics, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Imorphics Ltd, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³LIMM Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds Gen Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Leeds & NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Inflammation of the tendon sheaths (tenosynovitis) is a recognised component of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A comprehensive assessment of inflammation will require the inclusion of…
Abstract Number: 2110 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Imaging and Safety Assessments Following Treatment with Febuxostat and Placebo for 2 Years in Subjects with Early Gout
Nicola Dalbeth¹, Kenneth G. Saag², William Palmer³, Hyon Choi³, Barbara Hunt⁴, Patricia MacDonald⁴, Ulrich Thienel⁴ and Lhanoo Gunawardhana⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Div Clinical Immun & Rheum, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Deerfield, IL
Background/Purpose: No clinical trials had previously investigated the characteristics of joint damage in early gout or the benefit of instituting urate-lowering therapy (ULT) earlier in…
Abstract Number: 1317 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Utility of Joint Space Width and X-Ray Radiogrammetry in RA: Markers for Early Radiographic Progression
Michael Platten¹, Yogan Kisten², Johan Kälvesten³, Kristina Forslind⁴ and Ronald F. van Vollenhoven⁵, ¹Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, ²ClinTRID, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Sectra AB, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, Helsingborgs Lasarett, Section of Rheumatology, Helsingborg, Sweden, ⁵Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Early prediction of radiographic progression is beneficial in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient management. The van der Heijde modified Sharp score (SHS) is currently the…
Abstract Number: 2404 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Implications of a Positive Patellar Bulge Sign of Knee Joint Effusion in Patients with Osteoarthritis: Association with MRI Signs of Inflammation and with Increased Rate of 5-Year Total Knee Arthroplasty. Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Benjamin Smith¹, David McDougall², Robert G Lambert³, Walter Maksymowych⁴ and Jacob Jaremko³, ¹Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Radiology, Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Most of our understanding of the clinical significance of a knee joint effusion is derived from trauma in young patients, with surprisingly little assessment…
Abstract Number: 1324 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Simplified Larsen Erosion Score Is Compatible with the Classic Larsen Score but Less Time Consuming in Practice
Michael Ziegelasch¹, Alf Kastbom², Thomas Skogh³, Kristina Forslind⁴ and Alf Kastbom, ¹Rheumatology Department, Rheumatology/AIR, Linkoping, Sweden, ²Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology/AIR, Linköping, Sweden, ³IKE/Rheumatology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, Helsingborgs Lasarett, Section of Rheumatology, Helsingborg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Untreated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often leads to joint space narrowing (JSN) and erosions in synovial joints. Scoring systems like Sharp van der Heijde and…
Abstract Number: 2405 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Knee Sounds May Predict Osteoarthritis Severity, Symptoms and Function: Pilot Investigation Toward a Novel Dynamic Imaging System
Victoria Manning¹, Costas Yiallourides², Mads Brevadt¹, Alastair Moore², Edouard Auvinet¹, Patrick Naylor² and Justin Cobb¹, ¹Musculoskeletal Lab, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Communications and Signal Processing Group, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Knee sounds (KS) may provide a low-cost, risk-free means of identifying presence and severity of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Unlike static imaging, KS during dynamic…
Abstract Number: 1327 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Five-Year Follow-up of Radiographic Sacroiliitis: Progression As Well As Improvement?
Alexandre Sepriano^1,2, Martin Rudwaleit³, Joachim Sieper^4,5, Rosaline van den Berg⁶, Robert B. M. Landewé⁷ and Désirée van der Heijde⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Hospital de Egas Moniz - CHLO, Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, ³Rheumatology, Dept of Medicine, Charité - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁴German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Rheumatology, Charité - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸University Hospital, Maastricht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Detecting sacroiliitis on plain pelvic X-rays is known to be difficult, resulting in large variability regarding presence/absence of radiographic sacroiliitis. In addition, the number…
Abstract Number: 3255 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Brain White Matter Integrity: A Future Biomarker for Rheumatoid Arthritis Related Fatigue?
Neil Basu¹, Marayam Alsyedalhashem², Mariella D'Allesandro³, Alison D. Murray², Daniel J. Clauw⁴ and Gordon D. Waiter², ¹Musculoskeletal Research Collaboration (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ³Muscloskeletal Collaboration (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ⁴Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is a major burden among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The identification of reliable biomarkers would greatly enhance research in this challenging field. …

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