Abstract Number: 244 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis Imaging on PET-CT Using a Novel Folate Receptor Ligand for Macrophage Targeting
Background/Purpose: PET imaging with macrophage tracers has been shown promising for detection of (sub)clinical synovitis, making it useful for both early diagnostics and therapy monitoring…Abstract Number: 1470 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Moderate to Severe Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Associated with Myocardial 18f-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) Uptake
Background/Purpose: RA patients are at increased risk for developing heart failure (HF) even after controlling for coronary artery disease (CAD), indicating that factors other than…Abstract Number: 1471 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Myocardial 18f-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) Uptake in RA Patients without Clinical Cardiovascular Disease Is Higher Than in Controls and Decreases with Treatment
Background/Purpose: Symptomatic heart failure (HF) and HF-associated mortality rates are higher in RA compared with the non-RA population, even after controlling for coronary artery…Abstract Number: 1182 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do Patients with Active RA Also Have Inflamed Atherosclerotic Plaques on PET-MRI?
Background/Purpose: Inflammation plays a key role in the progression and destabilisation of atherosclerotic plaque in the general population. In RA, inflammation is thought to accelerate…Abstract Number: 1941 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Imaging Atherosclerotic Plaque Inflammation In RA: Methodology and Initial Findings In a Single Centre Cohort
Background/Purpose: Chronic inflammation in RA may contribute to an unstable atherosclerotic plaque phenotype. Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE MRI) can be used to image carotid…Abstract Number: 381 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Coronary Endothelial Dysfunction Directly Measured By N13 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Is Detected In Established Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), But Not Early RA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease. The endothelium is a key regulator of vascular function. Subclinical CV disease and…Abstract Number: 1040 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Combined High-Resolution Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Therapy Monitoring in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: To evaluate whether combined multi-pinhole single photon emission computed tomography (MPH-SPECT) with technetium-99m-labelled disphosphonates (Tc99m-DPD) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detect changes in inflammation…