Abstract Number: 2976 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Myositis: A Characteristic Phenotype with a Poor Outcome Related to Concomitant Myocarditis
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are a major breakthrough in cancer treatment providing frequent durable responses and improving overall survival. Blocking immune checkpoints (Programmed cell…Abstract Number: 1271 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Myocarditis in Antisynthetase Syndrome
Background/Purpose Antisynthetase syndrome (aSS) corresponds to an overlapping inflammatory myopathy identified by different myositis specific autoantibodies (directed against tRNA-synthetases). Myocardial involvement in this condition is poorly…