Abstracts tagged "MRI"

Abstract Number: 1011 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of a Musculoskeletal “Mini-Residency” Continuing Professional Education Program on Knee MRI Orders By Primary Care Providers
Matthew Call^1,2, Andrea M. Barker³, Grant W. Cannon⁴, Phillip Lawrence⁵ and Michael J. Battistone⁶, ¹Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³General Internal Medicine, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Pharmacology, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has developed a national continuing professional development program to train primary care providers (PCPs) in the evaluation…
Abstract Number: 1810 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Five-Year Follow-up of Microvascular Dysfunction and Coronary Artery Disease in SLE: Results from a Community-Based Lupus Cohort
Vaneet K. Sandhu¹, Mariko L. Ishimori¹, Janet Wei², Louise Thomson², Daniel Berman², Jay Schapira², Noel Bairey Merz², Daniel Wallace³ and Michael Weisman³, ¹Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: To investigate serial changes in the prevalence of coronary microvascular dysfunction and coronary artery disease (CAD) by cardiac imaging in a cohort of SLE…
Abstract Number: 1304 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Studying MR-Detected Inflammation in Symptom-Free Persons from the General Population to Generate Ramris-Based Reference Values
L. Mangnus¹, H.W. van Steenbergen², M. Reijnierse³ and A.H.M. van der Helm- van Mil¹, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: It is recommended by an EULAR imaging taskforce that MR-detected inflammation is useful in the diagnostic process of Rheumatoid Arthritis. This recommendation is based…
Abstract Number: 1817 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Myocardial Tissue Characterization with Native Myocardial T1 Mapping in SLE Patients with Chest Pain
Jaime Shaw¹, Mariko L. Ishimori², Vaneet K. Sandhu², Behzad Sharif³, Louise Thomson⁴, Debiao Li¹, Jay Schapira⁴, Daniel Wallace³, Noel Bairey Merz⁴, Michael Weisman³ and Daniel Berman⁴, ¹Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: SLE patients often exhibit signs and symptoms of cardiac ischemia with an overall increased prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD), microvascular dysfunction and myocarditis…
Abstract Number: 1305 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of MR-Detected Ramris-Defined Erosions in the General Population
L. Mangnus¹, H.W. van Steenbergen², M. Reijnierse³ and A.H.M. van der Helm- van Mil¹, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The diagnostic value of Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is undetermined. The main value of MR is its sensitive depiction of…
Abstract Number: 2024 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Replacing Radiographic Sacroiliitis By Structural Lesions on MRI of the Sacroiliac Joints in Two Early Axial Spa Cohorts: What Is the Impact on the Classification of Patients According to the ASAS Axial Spa Criteria?
Pauline Bakker¹, Rosaline van den Berg², Manouk de Hooge³, Zineb Ez-Zaitouni⁴, Miranda van Lunteren⁴, Karen M. Fagerli⁵, Roberta Ramonda⁶, Robert B. M. Landewé⁷, Maikel van Oosterhout⁸, Monique Reijnierse⁹, Floris van Gaalen¹, Pascal Claudepierre¹⁰, Daniel Wendling¹¹, Maxime Dougados¹² and Désirée van der Heijde¹³, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Cattedra, Voc Rheumatology, University of Padua, Padova, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁸Rheumatology, GHZ Hospital, Gouda, Netherlands, ⁹Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁰Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, ¹¹Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, ¹²Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Conventional radiography of the sacroiliac joints (X-SI) is the most commonly used imaging technique to detect structural lesions in axial SpondyloArthritis (axSpA). However, a…
Abstract Number: 1306 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MRI Erosions in Undifferentiated Arthritis. Different Associations with the Collagen IIA N-Terminal Propeptide (PIIANP) and Galectin-3 in Pre-RA and Other Arthritides
Saida Farah Issa¹, Anne Duer², Mikkel Østergaard³, Hanne Lindegaard¹, Kim Hørslev-Petersen⁴, Merete Lund Hetland⁵, Jakob M. Møller⁶, Anne Friesgaard Christensen⁷ and Peter Junker¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ²Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark, ³Center 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, ⁴Rheumatology, Research Unit at King Christian X Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Graasten, Denmark, ⁵DANBIO, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Glostrup Univ Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁶Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Herlev, Denmark, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Galectin-3 has been implicated as a mediator of inflammation and erosive progression in animal arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis(RA). The type IIA procollagen peptide(PIIANP) is…
Abstract Number: 2025 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Modification of Structural Lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging By Etanercept: A 12-Week Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
Walter Maksymowych¹, Stephanie Wichuk², Maxime Dougados³, Heather Jones⁴, Annette Szumski⁵, Lisa Marshall⁴, Jack F Bukowski⁶ and Robert G Lambert⁷, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Rheumatology Research Lab, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Rheumatology Department, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁴Inflammation Global Medical Affairs, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA, ⁵Department of Biostatistics, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA, ⁶Clinical Affairs, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA, ⁷Department of Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Modification of structural lesions by anti-TNF therapy has not been demonstrated in a randomized placebo (PBO)-controlled trial. The Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC)…
Abstract Number: 315 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Structural Effects of Sprifermin in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Post-Hoc Analysis on Cartilage and Non-Cartilaginous Tissue Alterations
Frank Roemer¹, Aida Aydemir², Stefan Lohmander³, Michel Crema⁴, Monica D. Marra⁵, Norma Muurahainen², Felix Eckstein⁶ and Ali Guermazi⁷, ¹Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, ³Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Department of Radiology, BUSM, Boston, MA, ⁶Paracelsus Med Univ, Chondrometrics GmbH, Salzburg, Austria, ⁷Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 1b clinical trial of sprifermin (rhFGF18) in knee OA assessed central medial tibio-femoral compartment cartilage thickness on quantitative MRI…
Abstract Number: 1310 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy of Abatacept in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Assessed By MRI Scans of Bilateral Hands
Yuji Kukida¹, Akiko Kasahara¹, Takahiro Seno^1,2, Yu Isoda¹, Tomoya Sagawa¹, Takuya Inoue¹, Naoka Kamio¹, Risa Sagawa¹, Takashi Kida¹, Amane Nakabayashi¹, Hidetake Nagahara³, Ken Murakami¹, Aihiro Yamamoto¹, Satoshi Morita⁴, Hirotoshi Ito⁵, Masataka Kohno¹ and Yutaka Kawahito¹, ¹Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatic Diseases and Joint Function, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ³Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ⁴Department of Biomedical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ⁵Department of Radiology, Kajiicho Medical Imaging Center, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Previous radiographic and MRI studies have demonstrated that abatacept (ABT) can inhibit the progression of bone and joint destruction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 2030 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MRI Changes Associated with Neurological Compromise in Acute Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis: A Retrospective Study of 121 Patients
Géraldine Bart¹, Herve Redon², David Boutoille³, Olivier Hamel⁴, Yves Maugars¹ and Benoit Le Goff¹, ¹Rheumatology, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ²Nouvelles cliniques nantaises, Nantes, France, ³Infectious diseases, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ⁴Neurosurgery, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
Background/Purpose: Vertebral osteomyelitis is a rare but potentially severe disease: previous works have estimated that neurological complications occurred in up to 59% cases. However, these works…
Abstract Number: 2581 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinically Active Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients Who Initially Have a Negative MRI and Normal CRP May Develop a Positive MRI or Elevated CRP at a Later Timepoint
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Joachim Sieper², Su Chen³, Aileen L. Pangan³ and Jaclyn K. Anderson³, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) and active disease may have objective evidence of inflammation, either as bone marrow edema (BME) on magnetic…
Abstract Number: 1193 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnostic value of Contrast-Enhanced MR-Angiography in diagnosing large Vessel Vasculitis
Sabine Adler¹, Marco Sprecher¹, Harald Bonel², Thorsten Klink² and Peter M. Villiger³, ¹Rheumatology, Immunology, Allergology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ²Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ³Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose Diagnosis of large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) remains difficult despite clinical and serological signs and symptoms. Detection by histology might be unavailable in exclusive thoracic or…
Abstract Number: 897 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Resting State Functional Connectivity Differs Between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients and Healthy Controls
Jason Craggs¹, Charles Gay¹, Andrew O'Shea¹, Ricky Madhavan², Donald Price³, Michael Robinson¹ and Roland Staud⁴, ¹Clinical & Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ³Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁴Dept Med/Rheum/Clin Immun Div, Univ of Florida Med Ctr/JHMHC, Gainesville, FL
Background/Purpose: Examining neural activity in the absence of task (i.e. resting state) is an active area of research. Functional connectivity, defined as correlations in BOLD…
Abstract Number: 2577 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score More Closely Reflects MRI Parameters of Sacroiliitis Than the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index in Patients with Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
Walter P. Maksymowych¹, S Wichuk¹, H Jones², A Szumski³, L Marshall², J Bukowski² and RG Lambert⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ³Specialty Care, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ⁴Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Validation of clinical measures of disease in non-radiographic axial SpA (nr-axSpA) has been limited, especially using inflammatory and structural lesions on MRI as gold…

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