Abstracts tagged "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)"

Abstract Number: 0683 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prognostic Value of Systemic Sclerosis-associated Primary Heart Involvement
Caya Gharibian¹, Vanessa Lupi¹, Alexander Gotschy¹, Mike Becker², Rucsandra Dobrota¹, Muriel Elhai³, Sinziana Muraru¹, Suzana Jordan¹, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁴, Oliver Distler⁵, Robert Manka¹, Cosimo Bruni¹ and Carina Mihai¹, ¹University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ³University Hospital zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: A definition of primary heart involvement (pHI) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) was recently developed (Bruni C et al. J Scleroderma Relat Disord. 2022;7:24-32). Cardiac…
Abstract Number: 1635 • ACR Convergence 2024
Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Therapy Monitoring in Giant Cell Arteritis – Impact on Disease Management
Matthias Froehlich¹, Michael Gernert², Marc Schmalzing³, Patrick-Pascal Strunz⁴, Hanna Labinsky⁵, Thorsten A. Bley⁶ and Konstanze V. Guggenberger⁶, ¹Uniklinikum Wuerzburg, Medizinische Klinik II, Wuerzburg, Germany, ²Medicine II, Division Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, ³University Hospital Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁴University hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁵University Hospital Würzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁶University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are a cornerstone for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). In the further course of…
Abstract Number: 0689 • ACR Convergence 2024
Arrhythmic Burden, Myocardial Markers, and Long-term Survival in Distinct Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Subsets of Systemic Sclerosis
Silvia Laura Bosello¹, Enrico De Lorenzis², Giacomo De Luca³, Antonio Tonutti⁴, veronica Batani⁵, Pier Giacomo Cerasuolo⁶, Gerlando Natalello⁷, Lucia Lanzo⁶, Gabriella Alonzi⁶, Silvia Fiore⁶, Stefano Di Murro⁶, Andrea Zoli⁶, Valentina Boni⁶, Riccardo Marano⁸, Francesca Augusta Gabrielli⁹, Francesco Del Galdo¹⁰, Dan Knight¹¹, Vivek Muthurangu¹¹, Christopher Denton¹², Maria De Santis⁴, Marco Matucci Cerinic⁵ and Maria Antonietta D'Agostino¹³, ¹Unit of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy, ²Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Rome, Italy, ³Vita-Salute San Raffaele University & IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy, ⁵Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ⁷Division of Rheumatology - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁸Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Oncological Radiotherapy and Hematology, Diagnostic Imaging Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ⁹Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ¹⁰University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹¹UCL Department of Cardiac MRI, University College London (Royal Free Campus), London, United Kingdom, ¹²University College London, Northwood, United Kingdom, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Cardiac involvement in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is widely recognized as heterogeneous and, when clinically evident, it is associated with a poor prognosis. Recently, five…
Abstract Number: 1757 • ACR Convergence 2024
Bimekizumab Treatment Resulted in Improvements in MRI Inflammatory and Structural Lesions in the Sacroiliac Joints of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: 52-Week Results and Post Hoc Analyses from Two Phase 3 Studies
Walter Maksymowych¹, Sofia Ramiro², Denis Poddubnyy³, Xenofon Baraliakos⁴, Robert Lambert¹, Ute Massow⁵, Thomas Vaux⁶, Chetan Prajapati⁶, Alexander Marten⁵, Natasha de Peyrecave⁷ and Mikkel Ostergaard⁸, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ³Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁵UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁶UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁷UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁸Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen and Center for Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The impact of bimekizumab (BKZ), a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits interleukin (IL)‑17F in addition to IL-17A, on structural lesions in patients (pts)…
Abstract Number: 0696 • ACR Convergence 2024
MRI DAVIX Index Is an Imaging Biomarker for Endothelial Damage of Systemic Sclerosis Digital Ulcers
Stefano Di Donato¹, Rebecca Ross², Yassir El-Sherbiny³, Riccardo Bixio⁴, Marco Minerba⁵, Christopher Wasson⁶, Jun Li⁷, Jochen SCHMITZ⁸, Sudha Visvanathan⁹ and Francesco Del Galdo⁶, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Verona, Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁵1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 2. NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim, Danbury, CT, ⁸Boehringer-Ingelheim, Ridgefield, CT, ⁹Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT
Background/Purpose: Circulating endothelial cells (CEC) and their precursors have been shown to correlate to the severity of vascular manifestations in Systemic sclerosis1, such as Digital…
Abstract Number: 1957 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessing Left Ventricular Hemodynamic Forces in Systemic Sclerosis Patients: Pilot Study
Aïcha Kante¹, Andreea Afana², Damien Sène³, Valérie Bousson⁴, Trecy Goncalves⁵, Edouard Ballout⁵, Solenn Toupin⁵, Jean-Guillaume Dillinger⁶, William Bigot³, Valentin Pagis⁷, Karine Champion³, Ruxandra burlacu⁷, stephane mouly³, Patrick Henry⁶, Theo Pezel⁶ and Cloé Comarmond³, ¹Department of internal medicine, Centre de Compétence Maladies Rares autoimmunes et inflammatoires, Université Paris Cité, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ²Department of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Craiova, Romania, ³Department of internal medicine, Centre de Compétence Maladies Rares autoimmunes et inflammatoires, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁴Department of Radiology, Lariboisiere Hospital, (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP), Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁵Department of Cardiology, Lariboisiere Hospital, (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP), Paris, France, ⁶Department of Cardiology, Lariboisiere Hospital, (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP), Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁷Department of internal medicine, Centre de Compétence Maladies Rares autoimmunes et inflammatoires, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease marked by inflammation, microvascular changes and fibrosis. Cardiac comorbidities are the leading cause of mortality. Early…
Abstract Number: 1038 • ACR Convergence 2023
Improved Assessment of Structural Damage in the Spine in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis by MRI-based Synthetic CT: A Comparison with Low-dose CT and X-ray
Simone Tromborg Willesen¹, Nora Vladimirova¹, Jakob Moeller², Anna Enevold Fløistrup Hadsbjerg¹, Bimal Mayur Kumar Vora³, Sengul Seven¹, Susanne Juhl Pedersen¹ and Mikkel Østergaard¹, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark, ³Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Whether a therapy has bone structure-modifying effects in the spine is crucial to determine since this is a prerequisite for a therapy to reduce…
Abstract Number: 1866 • ACR Convergence 2023
MRI Confirms MRE Evidence of Sacroiliitis in Many with Crohn’s Disease: A Prospective Study for the Screening of axSpA in High-risk Populations
Fardina Malik¹, Soterios Gyftopoulos¹, Jordan Axelrad¹, Shannon Chang¹, Simon Hong¹, Maia McAllister², Morayo Kendra Olateru Olagbegi³, Erin Alaia¹, William Walter¹, Accelerating Medicines Partnership Program RA SLE Network⁴, David Hudesman¹ and Jose Scher⁵, ¹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²NYU, New York, NY, ³New York University, New York, NY, ⁴Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Sacroiliitis can be detected incidentally on magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) scans in Crohn's disease (CD) patients, obtained for CD assessment during clinical practice. However,…
Abstract Number: 2203 • ACR Convergence 2023
Self-Reported and Physician´s Assessment of Inflammatory Back Pain According to ASAS Criteria: Is It the Same?
Diego Benavent¹, Mar Tapia², Daniel Bernabeu², Victor muley², Chamaida Plasencia-Rodríguez³, Alejandro Balsa³ and Victoria Navarro-Compán⁴, ¹Hospital la Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²Radiology Department, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory back pain (IBP) is the core symptom in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). For its assessment, experts recommend using the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis…
Abstract Number: 1041 • ACR Convergence 2023
Efficacy of Apremilast on Peripheral and Axial Inflammation in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Based on Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mikkel Østergaard¹, Mikael Boesen², Walter P. Maksymowych³, Robert Lambert⁴, Guillermo Valenzuela⁵, Michael Bubb⁶, Olga Kubassova⁷, Jyotsna Reddy⁸, Stephen Colgan⁹, Yuri Klyachkin¹⁰, Cynthia Deignan¹¹, Zhenwei Zhou⁸ and Philip J. Mease¹², ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Naerum, Denmark, ³Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Integral Rheumatology & Immunology Specialists, Plantation, FL, ⁶University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁷Image Analysis Group, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁹Amgen, Inc., Halton Hills, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Amgen, Inc., Lexington, KY, ¹¹Amgen, Inc., Agoura Hills, CA, ¹²Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Apremilast is an oral phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor with a unique immunomodulatory mechanism of action and is approved for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA).…
Abstract Number: 1868 • ACR Convergence 2023
Long-term Efficacy of a 2-year MRI Treat-to-target Strategy on Radiographic Joint Damage Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Clinical Remission – Five Year Follow-up of the IMAGINE-RA Randomized Clinical Trial
Signe Møller-Bisgaard¹, Kim Hørslev-Petersen², Lykke Ørnbjerg¹, Bo Ejbjerg³, Merete L Hetland¹, Jakob Moeller⁴, Robin Christensen⁵, Sabrina Mai Nielsen⁶, Daniel Glinatsi⁷, Mikael Boesen⁸, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen⁹, Ole Rintek Madsen¹⁰, Bente Jensen¹¹, Jan Alexander Villadsen², Ellen-Margrethe Hauge⁹, Oliver Hendricks², Hanne Merete Lindegaard¹², Niels Steen Krogh¹³, Anne Grethe Jurik⁹, Henrik Thomsen⁴ and Mikkel Østergaard¹⁴, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Danish Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Sønderborg, Denmark, ³Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark, ⁴Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark, ⁵Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Sweden, ⁸Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Naerum, Denmark, ⁹Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ¹⁰Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark, ¹¹Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ¹²Odense Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ¹³ZiteLab ApS, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ¹⁴Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Radiographic joint damage progresses in 20-30% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients despite fulfilling clinical remission criteria (1). Osteitis assessed on MRI is a well…
Abstract Number: 2422 • ACR Convergence 2023
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reflects Disease Activity in the “Giant Cell Arteritis Treatment with Ultra-short Glucocorticoids and Tocilizumab” Trial (The GUSTO Trial)
Lisa Christ¹, Harald Bonel², Jennifer Cullmann³, Luca Seitz⁴, Lukas Butikofer⁵, Franca Wagner⁶ and Peter Villiger⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ²Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology (DIPR), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Campusradiologie, Lindenhofspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ³Campusradiologie, Lindenhofspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁴Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁵CTU Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland, ⁶University Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁷Medical Center Monbijou, Rheumatology and Immunology, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is well established for diagnosing giant cell arteritis (GCA). Its role in monitoring disease activity has yet to be determined.…
Abstract Number: 1162 • ACR Convergence 2023
Serial Imaging Changes in Skeletal Muscle Composition and Their Association with Clinical Outcomes in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Mamatha Gorijavolu¹, Chengappa Kavadichanda¹, Ramesh Ananthakrishnan¹, Christina Mariaselvam¹, Molly Thabah¹ and VS Negi², ¹Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India, ²All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, Puducherry, India
Background/Purpose: Muscle weakness in inflammatory myopathies (IIM) is due to muscle-edema, atrophy and fatty-infiltration among which edema is the predominant cause at baseline. Some IIM…
Abstract Number: 1870 • ACR Convergence 2023
Assessing the Appropriateness of Imaging Modalities in Primary Care for Low Back Pain and Their Impact on Outcomes: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Single Center in Trenton
Damira Sereda¹, Cristine Arcilla², Kudret Arslan³ and Daniel Goldsmith⁴, ¹Capital Health Medical Canter, Trenton, NJ, ²Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Ewing Township, NJ, ³Capital Health Medical Center, Trenton, NJ, ⁴Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Trenton, NJ
Background/Purpose: Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of doctor visits and disability. The annual direct expenditures for LBP management exceed $80 billion, not…
Abstract Number: 2549 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effect of Ixekizumab Treatment on MRI Structural Lesions in the Sacroiliac Joints of Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis; A Post-hoc Analysis of a Placebo and Active Controlled RCT
Walter P. Maksymowych¹, Robert Lambert², Eswar Krishnan³, Baojin Zhu³, Rebecca Bolce³ and Mikkel Østergaard⁴, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The effect of Ixekizumab (IXE) on structural lesions in the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) of patients (pts) with radiographic Axial Spondylarthritis (r-axSpA) assessed by magnetic…

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