Abstracts tagged "MRI"

Abstract Number: 1175 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Hand MRI Findings with the Level of Plasma Cytokines in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yasushi Kondo¹, Yuko Kaneko¹, Hiroaki Sugiura², Shunsuke Matsumoto², Naoshi Nishina¹, Masataka Kuwana¹, Masahiro Jinzaki² and Tsutomu Takeuchi¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Radiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a very useful modality that can directly visualize both inflammatory and structural changes of affected joints in patients with…
Abstract Number: 217 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Relationship of Quadriceps and Hamstrings Intramuscular Fat and Lean Muscle with Power in Women with Knee Osteoarthritis
Michael J. Davison¹, Monica R. Maly², Karen A. Beattie³, Peter J. Keir⁴ and Jonathan D. Adachi⁵, ¹Medical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/PurposeReduced quadriceps and hamstrings strength is a risk factor for knee osteoarthritis (OA). This strength loss is partly due to the loss of lean muscle…
Abstract Number: 1893 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Substantial Structural Lesions on MRI in the Sacroiliac Joints of Patients with Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis Even in the Absence of MRI Inflammation
Walter P. Maksymowych¹, S Wichuk¹, H Jones², A Szumski³, L Marshall⁴, J Bukowski⁵ and RG Lambert⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Inflammation & Immunology, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ³Specialty Care, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ⁴Inflammation Immunology Disease Group, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ⁵Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ⁶Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Treatment of axial SpA is increasingly aimed at intervention early in the disease course before radiographic sacroiliitis has appeared and when response to treatment…
Abstract Number: 1176 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Feasibility and Clinical Implication of Radiocarpal Cartilage T_1ρ MR Imaging in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Valentina Pedoia¹, Favian Su², Andrew J. Burghardt¹, Jonathan Graft³, John B. Imboden³, Mary Nakamura⁴, Ursula Heilmeier¹, Thomas M Link⁵ and Xiaojuan Li⁵, ¹Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Arthritis/Rheumatology 111-R, SFVAMC/UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose Rheumatoid arthritic (RA) disease progression and anti-rheumatic treatment efficacy have traditionally been monitored by evaluation of radiographs. However, MRI has emerged as a more…
Abstract Number: 210 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preliminary Assessment of Predictive Validity of Cartilage Thickness MRI Biomarkers in Knee OA – the Fnih OA Biomarkers Consortium
David J. Hunter¹, Jamie E. Collins², Michael C. Nevitt³, John A. Lynch⁴, Virginia B. Kraus⁵, Jeffrey N. Katz⁶, Elena Losina², Frank Roemer⁷, Ali Guermazi⁸, Wolfgang Wirth⁹ and Felix Eckstein¹⁰, ¹Rheumatology, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ²Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF (University of California, San Francisco), San Francisco, CA, ⁴Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Medicine/Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁶Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany, ⁸Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁹Strubergasse 21, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, ¹⁰Anatomy & Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
Background/Purpose We sought to investigate if cartilage thickness change over 24 months predicts clinically relevant progression (radiographic and/or symptomatic) in knee OA over a 48…
Abstract Number: 1822 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increasing Synovitis and Bone Marrow Lesions Are Associated with Incident Joint Tenderness in Hand Osteoarthritis
Ida K. Haugen¹, Barbara Slatkowsky-Christensen¹, Pernille Boyesen¹, Sølve Sesseng², Désirée van der Heijde^1,3 and Tore K. Kvien⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Radiology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Ctr, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴PsAID taskforce, EULAR, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: As hand osteoarthritis (OA) studies with repeated MRI are lacking, longitudinal associations between synovitis and bone marrow lesions (BMLs) and pain are unknown. Our…
Abstract Number: 1177 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of a Simplified Version of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score (RAMRIS) Comprising 5 Joints (RAMRIS5)
Dr. Philipp Sewerin¹, Dr. Christoph Schleich², Dr. Christian Buchbender³, Dr. Falk Miese³, Dr. Ralph Brinks⁴, Prof. Dr. Matthias Schneider⁵, Prof. Dr. Gerald Antoch⁶ and Prof. Dr. Benedikt Ostendorf¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ³Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁴Univ Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁶Department Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose Semi-quantitative measurement of inflammatory pathologies of the hand in magnetic resonance images (MRI) is a mandatory, but time-consuming task for MRI controlled studies in…
Abstract Number: 209 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physical Performance and Obesity Measures Are Associated with Tibial Cartilage Volume and Explains the Sex Difference in Cartilage Volume
Benny Samuel Eathakkattu Antony¹, Alison Venn², Flavia Cicutinni³, Lyn March⁴, Leigh Blizzard⁵, Terry Dwyer⁶, Marita Cross⁷, Graeme Jones⁸ and Changhai Ding⁸, ¹Musculoskeletal, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ²Epidemiology, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, ³Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴Rheumatology, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ⁵Statistics, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, ⁶Director, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, ⁷University of Sydney Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ⁸Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart,7000, Australia
Background/Purpose The factors associated with knee cartilage volume in younger population are insufficiently explored. The aims of this study were to describe the associations between…
Abstract Number: 2938 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, 16-Week Study of Subcutaneous Golimumab in Patients with Active Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
J Sieper¹, D van der Heijde², M Dougados³, Walter P. Maksymowych⁴, J Boice⁵, G Bergman⁵, S Curtis⁵, A Tzontcheva⁵, S Huyck⁵ and HH Weng⁵, ¹University Clinic Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, AK, ⁵Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ
Background/Purpose Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), including ankylosing spondylitis and nonradiographic axial SpA (nr-axSpA), is a chronic inflammatory disease marked by back pain and progressive spinal stiffness.…
Abstract Number: 1688 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Detection of Left Ventricular Morphological, Functional Abnormalities and Myocardial Characteristics in Systemic Sclerosis without Cardiac Symptoms Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Preliminary Report
Kaita Sugiyama¹, Hitomi Kobayashi², Yasuyuki Kobayashi³, Yosuke Nagasawa⁴, Natsumi Ikumi², Takamasa Nozaki⁴, Hirotake Inomata², Hidetaka Shiraiwa², Hiromi Karasawa², Noboru Kitamura⁴, Mitsuhiro Iwata⁴, Yoshihiro Matsukawa² and Masami Takei⁴, ¹Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Division of Heamatology and Rheumatology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Radiology, St.Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ⁴Division of Hematology and Rheumatology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with an increased prevalence of cardiac involvement despite often being clinically silent. Cardiac involvement is a major factor in…
Abstract Number: 1179 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy of Tocilizumab in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Sequential Evaluation Using Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Michihito Kono¹, Shinsuke Yasuda¹, Kazumasa Ohmura¹, Tomoko Fukui¹, Sanae Shimamura¹, Ikuma Nakagawa¹, Atsushi Noguchi¹, Haruki Shida¹, Toshiyuki Watanabe¹, Yuka Shimizu¹, Takashi Kurita¹, Kenji Oku¹, Toshiyuki Bohgaki¹, Olga Amengual¹, Tetsuya Horita¹, Keita Sakamoto², Tamotsu Kamishima³ and Tatsuya Atsumi¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, ²Department of Radiation Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, ³Hokkaido University, Faculty of Health Science, Sapporo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has been established as a useful modality to evaluate synovitis, bone edema, and bone erosion in patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 206 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk Factors for Increased Extrusion of the Meniscus Body in Subjects Free of Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis: 6-Year MRI Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Fan Zhang¹, Jaanika Kumm², Fredrik Svensson¹, Aleksandra Turkiewicz¹, Richard Frobell¹ and Martin Englund³, ¹Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²Radiology, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia, ³Department of Orthopedics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose Meniscal body extrusion on knee MRI is strongly associated with the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, there is very limited evidence…
Abstract Number: 2790 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CMR with Quantitative T2 Mapping in Patients with Active SLE
Stacy P. Ardoin¹, Wael N. Jarjour², Subha V. Raman², Amanda Kibler² and Tam Tran², ¹Pediatric & Adult Rheumatology, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, ²Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) disease is an important cause of morbidity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) . Myocarditis is considered an uncommon complication of SLE…
Abstract Number: 1578 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Abatacept Improves Synovitis As Assessed By Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Psoriatic Arthritis – Preliminary Analysis from a Single Centre, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study
Agnes Szentpetery¹, Eric J. Heffernan², Muhammad Haroon³, Phil Gallagher¹, Anne-Marie Baker¹, Martina Cooney¹ and Oliver FitzGerald¹, ¹Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Radiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³Newmarket On Fergus, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Background/Purpose Abatacept is a soluble, fully human fusion protein which selectively inhibits T-cell activation via the CD80/CD86:CD28 co-stimulation pathway and decreases serum levels of inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 1180 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Assessment of the Response to Certolizumab Pegol in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Results from a Phase IIIb Randomized Study
Mikkel Østergaard¹, Mette Bjørndal Axelsen², Lennart T.H. Jacobsson³, Christopher Schaufelberger³, Michael Sejer Hansen⁴, Johannes W.J. Bijlsma⁵, Anna Dudek⁶, Maria Rell-Bakalarska⁷, Fabienne Staelens⁸, Robert Haake⁹, Britt Sundman-Engberg¹⁰ and Henning Bliddal¹¹, ¹Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁶Medica Pro Familia, Warsaw, Poland, ⁷Rheuma Medicus, Warsaw, Poland, ⁸UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁹UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ¹⁰UCB Pharma, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹¹The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Background/Purpose Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can detect early joint inflammation with high sensitivity, without use of radiation. The MARVELOUS study (NCT01235598), using the OMERACT RA…

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