Abstracts tagged "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)"

Abstract Number: 1308 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MRI Measures of Disease Activity and Joint Damage Are Associated with Patient-Reported Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joshua Baker¹, Philip G. Conaghan², Daniel Baker³, Paul Emery⁴ and Mikkel Østergaard⁵, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Leeds & NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Immunology, Centocor Inc., Malvern, PA, ⁴Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: We used data from a large clinical trial of golimumab (GO-BEFORE) to comprehensively assess associations between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures of synovitis, osteitis,…
Abstract Number: 1748 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Degenerative Changes at the Lumbar Spine in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis and Non-Specific Mechanical Low Back Pain: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Serkan Senol¹, Gamze Kilic², Sevgi Baspinar², Erkan Kilic³ and Salih Ozgocmen⁴, ¹Division of Neuroradiology, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Radiology, Kayseri, Turkey, ²Dept. PRM, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine,Division of Rheumatology, Kayseri, Turkey, ³Dept PRM, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine,Division of Rheumatology, Kayseri, Turkey, ⁴Dept.PRM, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine,Division of Rheumatology, Kayseri, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an invaluable tool for early diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and several MRI-based studies have identified SpA-related inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 1883 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Myocardial Abnormalities with Disease Characteristic and Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) in Systemic Sclerosis without Cardiac Symptoms As Assessed Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging; A Prospective Multi Center Study
Kaita Sugiyama¹, Hitomi Kobayashi², Yasuyuki Kobayashi³, Yosuke Nagasawa¹, Natsumi Ikumi⁴, Takamasa Nozaki⁵, Hirotake Inomata¹, Hidetaka Shiraiwa⁶, Hiromi Karasawa⁶, Noboru Kitamura⁷, Mitsuhiro Iwata⁵, Yoshihiro Matsukawa⁶ and Masami Takei⁵, ¹Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Hematology and Rheumatology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Advanced Biomedical Imaging Informatics, St.Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ⁴Nihon University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan, ⁵Division of Hematology and Rheumatology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Division of Heamatology and Rheumatology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷NIhon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: In the majority of SSc patients, however, cardiac involvement often remains subclinical. Primary myocardial abnomalities are characterized by ﬁbrosis. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) can…
Abstract Number: 1959 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Color Doppler Ultrasonography Appears to Perform Better Than Magnetic Resonance Angiography in the Diagnostics of Patients with Systemic Large Vessel Vasculitis
Andreas P Diamantopoulos^1,2, Julia Geiger³, Frode Lohne⁴, Geirmund Myklebust⁵ and Wolfgang A. Schmidt⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, ²Rheumatology, Haugesund Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Haugesund, Norway, ³Department of Radiology, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Radiology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand, Norway, ⁶Medical Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Color Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) and Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) has been extensively used in the diagnostics of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) [giant cell arteritis…
Abstract Number: 2387 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy in Patients with Osteoarthritis on Meniscal Body Extrusion
Martin Englund^1,2, Fan Zhang³, Ali Guermazi⁴, Frank W Roemer^5,6, Elena Losina⁷ and Jeffrey N. Katz⁸, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopedics, Dept of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Department of Radiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁷Orthopaedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Meniscal damage and extrusion are both strongly associated with the progression of knee OA. Concerns have recently been raised that arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM)…
Abstract Number: 2942 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Analyses of Progression of Brain Athrophy in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Aline Tamires Lapa¹, Nailu A. Sinicato², Mariana Postal¹, Fernando Cendes³, Roberto Marini Sr.⁴ and Simone Appenzeller⁵, ¹Medicine, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ²Pediatrics, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ³State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medical Science, State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The CNS involvement in cSLE has been described to occur from 25-90% in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE). The aim of the study was…
Abstract Number: 3060 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Assessment of Disease Activity in Takayasu Arteritis; Six Years Experience from a Single Center
Handan Yarkan¹, Sedanur Karaman², Pinar Cetin¹, Servet Akar³, Aytac Gulcu⁴, Ahmet Yigit Goktay⁴, Gercek Can¹, Merih Birlik¹, Nurullah Akkoc⁵ and Fatos Onen¹, ¹Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ²Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Izmir Katip Celebi University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ⁴Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze the activity parameters that affect the physicians global opinion (PGO) in TA. Methods: The data of…
Abstract Number: 296 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Different Patterns of Involvement of Thigh Muscles in Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis Using Fat-Suppressed Magnetic Resonance Sequences
Nicolo Pipitone¹, Antonella Notarnicola², Lucia Spaggiari³, Gabriele Levrini⁴, Arnaldo Scardapane⁵, Florenzo Iannone⁶, Giovanni Lapadula⁶, Giulio Zuccoli⁷ and Carlo Salvarani⁸, ¹Unità di Reumatologia, Reggio Emilia, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Bari, Italy, ²Karolinska Hospital, Rheumatology Unit, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Radiology, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁵Radiology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁶Bari University, Rheumatology, Bari, Italy, ⁷Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Rheumatology, Arcispedale S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: MRI is often used to evaluate muscle inflammation in myositis. Muscle edema on fat-suppressed (short tau inversion recovery, STIR) sequences is thought to represent…
Abstract Number: 3084 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Progression of Lupus Pathology Is Correlative with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Abnormalities, Diminished Function, and Inflammatory Histopathology in an Animal Model
Nicholas Young¹, Jeffrey Hampton¹, Saba Aqel¹, Jessica Pyles², Anna Bratasz², Anuradha Kalyanasundaram³, Wael N. Jarjour⁴ and Stacy P. Ardoin⁵, ¹Immunology and Rheumatology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²Small Animal Imaging Core, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ³Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁵Pediatric & Adult Rheumatology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease causing inflammation throughout the body and cardiovascular involvement is a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality…
Abstract Number: 297 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How Useful Is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Monitoring Patients with Myositis?
Nicolo Pipitone¹, Antonella Notarnicola², Arnaldo Scardapane³, Gabriele Levrini⁴, Lucia Spaggiari⁵, Florenzo Iannone⁶, Giovanni Lapadula⁶, Giulio Zuccoli⁷ and Carlo Salvarani⁸, ¹Unità di Reumatologia, Reggio Emilia, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Bari, Italy, ²Karolinska Hospital, Rheumatology Unit, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Radiology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁴Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁵Radiology, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁶Bari University, Rheumatology, Bari, Italy, ⁷Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Rheumatology, Arcispedale S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: MRI is commonly used to assess muscle inflammation in myositis. Muscle edema on fat-suppressed sequences is thought to reflect active inflammation. However, it is…
Abstract Number: 3125 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
White Matter Magnetization Transfer Ratio Histogram Peak Height Helps Identifying Inflammatory Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
César Magro Checa¹, Ece Ercan², Bart J Emmer³, Ron Wolterbeek⁴, Itamar Ronen², Mark A. Van Buchem², T. W. J. Huizinga⁵ and Gerda M. Steup-Beekman⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Radiology, C.J. Gorter Center for High Field MRI, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) can be used to detect microstructural cerebral changes in normal-appearing brain tissue of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) patients. Our…
Abstract Number: 313 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Outcomes Using an Intra-Articular Injection (SM04690) in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Interim, Exploratory Analysis of Results from a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 1 Study
Yusuf Yazici¹, Sharmila Majumdar², Timothy E. McAlindon³, Roy Fleischmann⁴, Allan Gibofsky⁵, Marc C. Hochberg⁶, Christopher J. Swearingen¹, Anita DiFrancesco¹, Jeyanesh R. S. Tambiah¹, John Hood¹ and Nancy E. Lane⁷, ¹Samumed, San Diego, CA, ²Radiology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, ³Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁵Weill Cornell Medical College and Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Center for Musculoskeletal Health, Univ of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by the destruction of articular cartilage, subchrondral bone alterations and varying degrees of synovitis. Current OA treatments are limited…
Abstract Number: 330 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Calf Muscle Adiposity Is Associated with Impaired Physical Performance in Knee OA
Michael Davison¹, Monica R. Maly², Jonathan D. Adachi³ and Karen A. Beattie⁴, ¹School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease associated with significant muscle weakness and disability. Ectopic fat in the thigh, including intramuscular fat (intraMF; fat…
Abstract Number: 927 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Assessment of Heel Entheses in Spondyloarthritis Patients: A Comparative Study with Radiography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Rodrigo Aguila Maldonado¹, Santiago Ruta², Claudia Elizabeth Pena¹, Maria Laura Valuntas³, Gisela Pendón⁴, Dora Pereira⁴ and Mercedes Argentina García⁵, ¹Rheumatology Unit, HIGA San Martín La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ²Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Servicio de Tomografía Computada y Resonancia Magnética, Sanatorio IPENSA, La Plata, Argentina, ⁴Hospital Ricardo Gutierrez, La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, HIGA San Martín, La Plata, Argentina
Background/Purpose: enthesitis is one of the main hallmarks of Spondyloarthritis (SpA), being heel entheses frequently involved. Different imaging modalities, such as conventional radiography (CR), ultrasound…
Abstract Number: 1300 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison Between Semiquantitative and Quantitative Methods for the Assessment of Knee Synovitis Using Non-Enhanced and Gadolinium-Enhanced MRI
Michel D. Crema¹, Frank Roemer², Ling Li³, Laura B. Rosen⁴, Amanda Dudley⁵, Robert Alexander⁶ and Ali Guermazi⁷, ¹Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ⁴AstraZeneca Neuroscience Innovative Medicines, Cambridge, MA, ⁵AstraZeneca Neuroscience Innovative Medicines, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁶Pfizer Neuroscience, Cambridge, MA, ⁷Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: There is evidence that the presence of synovitis in knee osteoarthritis (OA) is clinically relevant since it is associated with pain and structural…

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