Abstracts tagged "inflammation and tophaceous gout"

Abstract Number: 2964 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Detection of Uric Acid Crystals in the Vasculature of Patients with Gout Using Dual-Energy Computed Tomography
Sharon Barazani¹, WeiWei Chi², Renata Pyzik³, Adam Jacobi⁴, Tom O'Donnell⁵, Zahi Fayad³, Venkatesh Mani³ and Yousaf Ali², ¹Medical School, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ³Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute (TMII), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁴Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁵Siemens Healthcare, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Many recent studies have shown an association between gout and increased cardiovascular risk, however the mechanism by which this occurs is unclear. Dual-Energy Computed…