Abstracts tagged "inflammation and rheumatic disease"

Abstract Number: 311 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Cervical Spine in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Presenting with Chronic Neck Pain – a Systematic Comparison of Clinical Assessments
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Mina Soltani², Parham Damirchi², Uta Kiltz³ and Jürgen Braun¹, ¹Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ³Rheumatology, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, and Ruhr University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Despite the differences in pathogenesis, neck pain associated with functional limitation of the cervical spine is a frequent clinical symptom of patients with rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 191 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is the Nature of Rheumatology Practice Changing? Damage and Distress Contribute a Greater Proportion to Decision-Making Than Inflammation in Contemporary Care
Theodore Pincus¹, Isabel Castrejón² and Joel A Block², ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Inflammation generally is regarded as the primary concern of rheumatologists, and measures of inflammation, such as laboratory tests and pooled indices, usually are the…
Abstract Number: 388 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vitamin D Levels and Inflammation In The Aortic Wall Of Patients With Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease and Coronary Artery Disease
Ingvild Oma¹, Jacqueline Kirsti Andersen², Torstein Lyberg³, Øyvind Molberg⁴, Jon Elling Whist¹, Ingjerd Lien Kvelstad¹, Terje Veel⁵, Morten Fagerland⁶, Sven M. Almdahl⁷, Knut Mikkelsen⁸ and Ivana Hollan⁹, ¹Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway, ²Gjøvik University College, Gjøvik, Norway, ³Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Feiringklinikken, Feiring, Norway, ⁶Department of Biostatistics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Cardiothoracic surgery, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, ⁸Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway, ⁹Rheumatology, Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D is involved in immune reactions, and vitamin D deficiency is associated with autoimmune diseases and with cardiovascular diseases. In Feiring Heart Biopsy…

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