Abstract Number: 308 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Carpal Bones Affectation Frequency in Rheumatoid Arthritis By Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Background/Purpose: Wrist joint between radio-ulna and first carpal row; scaphoid and triquetrum bones stabilize the central carpal column and support the flexion-extension or abduction-adduction movements1.…Abstract Number: 870 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Detection of Left Ventricular Regional Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients without Cardiac Symptons, As Assessed By Feature Tracking Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Background/Purpose: Cardiac involvements cause of morbidity and mortality globally in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Myocardial disease is typically clinically silent, only manifesting as myocardial dysfunction after…Abstract Number: 1992 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Changes in Clinical Disease Activity Are Associated with Changes in the Total MRI Inflammation Score in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Are Escalating Therapy in a Treat-to-Target (T2T) Regimen
Background/Purpose: RA patients are managed using treat-to target (T2T) regimens often utilizing the DAS28CRP as an outcome measure. In this study we compared clinical changes…Abstract Number: 1993 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Are MRI-Detected Erosions Specific for RA? a Large Explorative Cross-Sectional Study
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is recommended in the diagnostic process of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as it can detect joint damage early. However MRI-detected erosions…Abstract Number: 9 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Effects of Alcohol Consumption on the Severity of Inflammation in Hand and Foot Joints Detected with MR Imaging
Background/Purpose: Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower risk on RA development. (1,2) It is also associated with less severe systemic inflammation. Based on these…Abstract Number: 167 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Bone Mineral Density Loss in Clinically Suspect Arthralgia Is Associated with Subclinical Inflammation and Progression to Clinical Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Peripheral bone mineral density (BMD) can be decreased in early rheumatoid arthritis but it is unknown if BMD loss emerges already before arthritis is…Abstract Number: 515 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
The Association of Body Mass Index with the Severity of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Detected Inflammation at Presentation; Opposite Effects in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared to Other Arthritides and an Asymptomatic Population
Background/Purpose: An increased body mass index (BMI) has been associated with slightly increased inflammatory markers in the population. Within rheumatoid arthritis (RA) a high BMI…Abstract Number: 2055 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Myocardial Abnormalities Are Associated with Corrected QT Interval in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis without Cardiac Symptoms Assessed Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Background/Purpose: Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have two-fold higher risk of sudden death than age- and sex-matched controls without RA. We hypothesized that myocardial abnormalities…Abstract Number: 1309 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Defining an Acceptable Level of MRI Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Imaging-detected inflammation persists in many rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients despite therapy. We used data from two clinical trials of golimumab to determine thresholds for…Abstract Number: 1316 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Is MRI of Use in Identifying Which Undifferentiated Arthritis Patients Will Develop RA?
Background/Purpose: The 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) identify RA patients earlier than the 1987 ACR criteria. However, still a considerable amount of patients…Abstract Number: 1579 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Association of Myocardial Abnormalities with N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis without Cardiac Symptoms, Assessed By Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a multi-organ inflammatory disorder associated with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Cardiac involvements are typically clinically silent, only manifesting as…Abstract Number: 2586 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reveals Myocardial Damage in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), cardiac involvement is common and frequently subclinical. We used cardiac MRI to identify myocardial abnormalities in patients with active RA,…Abstract Number: 2389 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
MRI Osteitis at Baseline Predicts the Development of Rapid Radiographic Progression at 1 Year Toward Patients with Early-Stage Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging of the joints in the clinical management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) states that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…Abstract Number: 1891 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Early MRI Endpoints Provide a Valid Measure of Structural Damage While Reducing Study Duration and Participant Numbers in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials
Background/Purpose We used data from a large randomized controlled clinical trial of an effective biologic (golimumab, GO-BEFORE study) to compare the associations of disease activity…Abstract Number: 1381 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Subaxial Cervical Spine Involvement in Symptomatic Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Comparison with Cervical Spondylosis
Background/Purpose: To investigate the frequency, location, nature, and clinical significance of subaxial involvement (below C1-C2) in a series of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and…
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