myositis and prognostic factors Archives

Abstract Number: 1337 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Myocardial Fatty Acid Metabolism and Perfusion Mismatch in Scintigraphy Predicts Worse Prognosis in Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis
Harunobu Iida¹, Hironari Hanaoka¹, Kana Ishimori², Tomofumi Kiyokawa¹, Yukiko Takakuwa¹ and Kimito Kawahata¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) patients are frequently manifested by rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD) and associated with a poor prognosis. Recently cardiac involvement…
Abstract Number: 2062 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Clinical Features and Outcome In Polymyositis Vs. Dermatomyositis Patients With The Anti-Jo-1 Autoantibody
Rohit Aggarwal¹, Diane Koontz², Zengbiao Qi³ and Chester V. Oddis⁴, ¹Medicine / Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Rheum/Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: The clinical characteristics of dermatomyositis (DM) patients possessing the anti-Jo-1 autoantibody (autoAb) are not well known. We analyzed the clinical features and prognosis of…

Abstracts tagged "myositis and prognostic factors"

Myocardial Fatty Acid Metabolism and Perfusion Mismatch in Scintigraphy Predicts Worse Prognosis in Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis

Clinical Features and Outcome In Polymyositis Vs. Dermatomyositis Patients With The Anti-Jo-1 Autoantibody