Abstracts tagged "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)"

Abstract Number: 2258 • ACR Convergence 2022
Relative Frequencies of the Spectrum of MRI Lesions in the Sacroiliac Joints of Healthy Individuals and Patients with Non-Specific Back Pain: What Is the Impact of Increasing Age?
Ulrich Weber¹, Susanne Pedersen², Mikkel Østergaard³, Pedro Machado⁴, Xenofon Baraliakos⁵, Robert G Lambert⁶ and Walter P Maksymowych⁷, ¹Practice Buchsbaum Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, ²Rigshospitalet, København, Denmark, ³Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ⁶University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁷Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Previous studies of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) have demonstrated that certain MRI structural lesions in the sacroiliac joints (SIJ), notably erosions, has high…
Abstract Number: 0493 • ACR Convergence 2022
MRI Is Superior to Ultrasound of Supraaortic Arteries in Detecting Giant Cell Arteritis – Experience of a Single Center
Matthias Froehlich¹, Thorsten A. Bley², Marc Schmalzing³, Michael Gernert¹, Rudolf A. Werner⁴, Jost Hillenkamp⁵, Karl Georg Haeusler⁶ and Konstanze V. Guggenberger², ¹University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Internal Medicine II, Wuerzburg, Germany, ²University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Radiology, Wuerzburg, Germany, ³University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁴University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Nuclear medicine, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁵University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Ophtalmology, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁶University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Neurology, Wuerzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Imaging techniques for the detection of mural inflammation are cornerstones in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound…
Abstract Number: 1256 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Machine Learning Pipeline for Prediction of Bone Marrow Oedema Along the Sacroiliac Joints on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Joris Roels¹, Ann-Sophie Kathleen De Craemer², Thomas Renson³, Manouk de Hooge⁴, Arne Gevaert¹, Lennart Jans³, Nele Herregods³, Thomas Van Den Berghe³, Philippe Carron³, Filip Van den bosch⁵, Yvan Saeys¹ and Dirk Elewaut⁶, ¹Center for Inflammation Research, UGent-VIB, Ghent, Belgium, ²Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ³Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Ghent University Hospital, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Ghent University and VIB Centre for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Heusden, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Detection and semi-quantitative assessment of bone marrow oedema (BMO) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the sacroiliac (SI) joints is essential for the diagnosis…
Abstract Number: 2259 • ACR Convergence 2022
Complete Resolution of Inflammation on MRI Is Associated with a Better Clinical Response over Time in Patients with Early Axial Spondyloarthritis
valeria Rios-Rodriguez¹, Murat Torgutalp², Christian Althoff³, Hildrun Haibel², Kay-Geert Hermann², Fabian Proft⁴, Mikhail Protopopov⁵, Judith Rademacher⁵, Joachim Sieper² and Denis Poddubnyy⁴, ¹Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Helios Klinikum Emil von Behring, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and sacroiliac joints (SIJ) are important tools for the diagnosis of axial SpA and the presence of…
Abstract Number: 0530 • ACR Convergence 2022
Abatacept Significantly Reduces Subclinical Inflammation During Treatment (6 Months), This Persists After Discontinuation (12 Months), Resulting in a Delay in the Clinical Development of RA in Patients at Risk of RA (The ARIAA Study)
Juergen Rech¹, Arnd Kleyer², Mikkel Østergaard³, Melanie Hagen², Larissa Valor Mendez², Koray Tascilar², Gerhard Kroenke², Verena Schönau², David Simon², stefan Kleinert⁴, Xenofon Baraliakos⁵, Juergen Braun⁶, Axel Hueber⁷, Martin Fleck⁸, Andrea Rubbert-Roth⁹, Frank Behrens¹⁰, Martin Feuchtenberger¹¹, M. Zaenker¹², Reinhard Voll¹³, Cornelia Glaser¹⁴, Mária Filková¹⁵, Eugen Feist¹⁶, Gerd Burmester¹⁷, Kirsten Karberg¹⁸, Johannes Strunk¹⁹, Juan Canete²⁰, Ladislav Šenolt¹⁵, Esperanza Naredo²¹ and Georg Schett²², ¹University Clinic Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴Praxisgemeinschaft Rheumatologie - Nephrologie (PGRN), Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Rheumatology, Bochum, Germany; Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁶Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁷Klinikum Nuernberg Nord, Abteilung fuer Rheumatologie, Nuernberg, Germany, ⁸Asklepios Klinikum Bad Abbach, Klinik und Poliklinik für Rheumatologie/ Klin. Immunologie, Bad Abbach, Germany, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Cantonal Clinic St Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine & Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt, ¹¹MED | BAYERN OST GmbH, Fachbereich Rheumatologie, Burghausen, Germany, ¹²Immanuel Klinikum Bernau , Herzzentrum Brandenburg, Abteilung Innere Medizin, Bernau, Germany, ¹³Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, ¹⁴Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Freiburg, Germany, ¹⁵Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹⁶Helios Clinic Vogelsang-Gommern, cooperation partner of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany, ¹⁷Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁸Praxis für Rheumatologie und Innere Medizin, Rheumatologie, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁹Krankenhaus Porz am Rhein GmbH, Rheumaklinik, Köln (Porz), Germany, Koeln, Germany, ²⁰Unidad de Artritis Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and Complutense University, Madrid, Spain, ²²Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Development of the clinical phase of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is preceded by an autoimmune phase, characterized by the presence of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA),…
Abstract Number: 1258 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development of International Consensus on a Standardized Image Acquisition Protocol for Diagnostic Evaluation of the Sacroiliac Joints by MRI – an ASAS-SPARTAN Collaboration
Robert G Lambert¹, Xenofon Baraliakos², Stephanie Bernard³, John Carrino⁴, Torsten Diekhoff⁵, Iris Eshed⁶, Kay-Geert Hermann⁷, Nele Herregods⁸, Jacob Jaremko¹, Lennart Jans⁸, Anne Jurik⁹, John O'Neill¹⁰, Monique Reijnierse¹¹, Michael Tuite¹² and Walter P Maksymowych¹³, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ³Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁷Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁹Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ¹⁰McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ¹³Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: In 2009, ASAS published a 'Definition of active sacroiliitis on MRI for classification of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA)'. This definition relied on two MRI sequences…
Abstract Number: 0543 • ACR Convergence 2022
An Exploratory Analysis of the Potential Disconnect Between Objective Inflammatory Response and Clinical Response Following Certolizumab Pegol Treatment in Patients with Active Axial Spondyloarthritis
Martin Rudwaleit¹, Filip Van den bosch², Helena Marzo-Ortega³, Victoria Navarro-Compán⁴, Rachel Tham⁵, Thomas Kumke⁶, Lars Bauer⁶, Mindy Kim⁷ and Lianne Gensler⁸, ¹University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld; Germany Klinikum Bielefeld and Charité Berlin, Germany, and Gent University, Gent, Belgium, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Ghent University and VIB Centre for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium, ³Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁵UCB Pharma, Slough, UK, Overland Park, KS, ⁶UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁷UCB Pharma, Smyrna, GA, ⁸Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: In clinical trials of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), composite measures such as Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) response criteria, Assessment of Spondyloarthritis international…
Abstract Number: 1305 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characterizing Bone Microarchitecture with MRI in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Joshua Novack¹, Gregory Chang², Stephen Honig¹, Anmol Monga², Xiaoliu Zhang³, Punam Saha³, Dimitri Martel², Peter Izmirly⁴, H Michael Belmont⁵, Jill Buyon⁴ and Amit Saxena⁵, ¹NYU Langone Health Department of Medicine, New York, NY, ²NYU Langone Health Department of Radiology, New York, NY, ³University of Iowa Departments of Radiology and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa City, IA, ⁴NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Fractures in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are more common than age and sex matched controls. Fracture risk is traditionally assessed by dual-energy…
Abstract Number: 0665 • ACR Convergence 2022
Screening for Neurocognitive Demands in Childhood-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients Using Pediatric Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics and Association with Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Jaqueline De Amorim¹, Simone Kishimoto¹, Danilo Pereira¹, Letícia Rittner¹ and Simone Appenzeller², ¹University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Neuropsychiatric manifestations are frequently seen in patients with childhood-onset erythematosus (cSLE) and may include neurocognitive dysfunction. These symptoms are difficult to diagnose and classify…
Abstract Number: 1446 • ACR Convergence 2022
Contrast Enhaced Articular Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Health Related Quality of Life in SLE Patients
Tarek Carlos Salman-Monte¹, Patricia Corzo², Ivan Garcia-Duitama³, ANA Agustí Claramunt³, Irene Carrion Barbera⁴, Salvatore Marsico³ and Jordi Monfort⁵, ¹Hospital del Mar/Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM/UEC-AIS, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital del Mar, Radiology, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital del Mar, Rheumatology, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Joint involvement in SLE is the most frequent manifestation and shows a wide heterogeneity (1) . It has not a valid classification and it…
Abstract Number: 0407 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Clinical Role of T1 Mapping Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Detecting Cardiac Involvement in the Early Stage of Systemic Sclerosis
Munkhtuul Purevsuren¹, Masae Uehara¹, Masato Ishizuka¹, Toru Hara¹, Nobutaka Kakuda¹, Taeko Tsuji¹, Tadashi Yamazaki¹, Miyazaki Miki², Hayakazu Sumida², Ayumi Yoshizaki², Yoshihide Asano², Shinichi Sato³, Masaru Hatano¹ and Komuro Issei¹, ¹1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan., Tokyo, Japan, ²2. Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan., Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by skin and internal organs tissue fibrosis including the myocardium. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) parametric mapping is a promising…
Abstract Number: 1362 • ACR Convergence 2021
No Change in Bone Marrow Edema of the Sacroiliac Joints and Spine After High Intensity Interval Training in PsA
Ruth Stoklund Thomsen¹, Tom Nilsen², Mari Hoff¹, Glenn Haugeberg³ and Arthur Kavanaugh⁴, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Trondheim, Norway ; Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Trondheim, Norway, ²Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Trondheim, Norway, ³Dept. of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway; Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, ⁴University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Physical activity is recommended for patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) especially due to the high prevalence of overweight/obesity, and the risk of comorbidities such…
Abstract Number: 0154 • ACR Convergence 2021
Utilization of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a Population-based Cohort (1999-2014)
Caitrin Coffey¹, Cynthia Crowson², Cassondra Hulshizer¹, Gavin McKenzie¹, Nicholas Rhodes¹, John Davis¹ and Kerry Wright¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN
Background/Purpose: Early diagnosis and treatment initiation improve outcomes for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Delays to diagnosis and treatment affect patients with seronegative vs seropositive…
Abstract Number: 0425 • ACR Convergence 2021
Diagnostic Accuracy of Muscle MRI for Muscular Vasculitis in Anti-neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis: A Pilot Study
Ryuta Inaba, Daisuke Waki, Keisuke Nishimura, Tomohiro Yoshida, Kaoru Mizukawa, Shintaro Yamamoto, Osamu Iri, Kohei Yo and Hiroyuki Murabe, Department of Endocrinology and Rheumatology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Histopathologic confirmation is the golden standard for diagnosis of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), but sometimes can be difficult because of its invasion (e.g.…
Abstract Number: 1368 • ACR Convergence 2021
Characterising Exercise Capacity in Systemic Sclerosis Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Skeletal Muscle Imaging and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
Laura Ross¹, Benedict Costello², Dylan Hansen³, Anniina Lindqvist², Zoe Brown⁴, Andrew Burns⁴, David Prior⁴, Wendy Stevens⁴, Marcus Pianta⁴, Warren Perera⁴, Andre La Gerche² and Mandana Nikpour¹, ¹University of Melbourne at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ²Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia, ³St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Adelaide, Australia, ⁴St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Impaired exercise capacity contributes to functional impairment, negatively impacting individuals’ quality of life. Functional impairment is notable from early in the disease course of…

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