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Abstracts tagged "Psoriatic arthritis and ultrasound"

  • Abstract Number: 2515 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019

    Disease Activity Influences Cardiovascular Risk Reclassification Based on Carotid Ultrasound in Patients with Psoriatic Artrhitis

    Natalia Palmou-Fontana1, DAVID MARTINEZ-LOPEZ 2, ALFONSO CORRALES 3, Fernanda Genre 4, SUSANA ARMESTO 5, MARCOS GONZALEZ 6, PATRICIA VICENTE-GOMEZ 7, JAVIER GARCIA-FERNANDEZ 6, VIRGINIA PORTILLA- GONZALEZ 5, MONICA PEREZ-ANDRES 5, Mónica Calderón-Goercke 8, DIANA PRIETO- PENA 1, Ricardo Blanco 9, JOSE LUIS HERNANDEZ 10, MIGUEL ANGEL GONZALEZ-GAY 11 and Iván Ferraz-Amaro 12, 1Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 2Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 3Universitary Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 4Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, Santander, Spain, 5UNIVERSITARY HOSPITAL MARQUES DE VALDECILLA, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 6UNIVERSITARY HOSPITAL MARQUES DE VALDECILLA, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 7Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 8Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 9Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, 10UNIVERSITARY HOSPITAL MARQUES DE VALDECILLA, Santander, 11UNIVERSITARY HOSPITAL MARQUES DE VALDECILLA, Santander, 12Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain, Tenerife, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Objectives. The addition of carotid ultrasound CU into composite cardiovascular risk (CVR) scores has been found useful in the identification of high CVR in…
  • Abstract Number: 1209 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Peritenon Extensor Tendon Inflammation, Synovitis and Enthesopathy in Psoriastic Arthritis: What Is the Connection?

    Cristina Macia-Villa1, Sandra Falcao2, Hilde B. Hammer3, Julio Medina4, Marwin Gutierrez5 and Eugenio De Miguel6, 1Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain, 2Department of Rheumatology. Chronic Diseases Study Center (CEDOC), NOVA Medical School, UNL; HEM. Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, EPE, Lisboa, Portugal, 3Dept. of Rheumtology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 4Hospital Universitario Clínico, Valladolid, Spain, 5Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Mexico City, Mexico, 6Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Metacarpophalangeal joint (MCPj) swelling in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) can be produced both by synovitis (IAS) and peritenon extensor tendon inflammation (PTI), having been  this…
  • Abstract Number: 1614 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Prevalence of Sonographic Enthesitis in Patients with Psoriasis without Arthritis and Its Association Risk Factors of Psoriatic Arthritis

    Anwar Albasri1, Justine Y. Ye2, Cheryl F. Rosen3, Vinod Chandran2, Dafna D Gladman4 and Lihi Eder5, 1Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Department of Medicine, Toronto Psoriatic Arthritis Research Program, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5Women's College Research Institute, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Enthesitis is one of the hallmarks of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and may be the initial site of musculoskeletal inflammation. Enthesitis affects up to 50…
  • Abstract Number: 679 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Ultrasonographic Research of the Relationship between Nail Disorders and Peripheral Arthritis or Enthesitis in Patients with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis

    Tadashi Okano1, Kentaro Inui2, Koji Mandai3, Yutaro Yamada4, Tatsuya Koike5 and Hiroaki Nakamura2, 1Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, 2Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, 3Orthopaedic surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, 4Orthopedic surgery, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan, 5Center for Senile Degenerative Disorders, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Although skin lesion is the most typical findings in patients with psoriasis (PsO), nail psoriasis is also one of the important clinical manifestation. Moreover,…
  • Abstract Number: 633 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Improvement of Joint Inflammation As Assessed By MRI and Power Doppler Ultrasound (PDUS) in an Open Label Study in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis Treated with Secukinumab.

    Eleni Kampylafka1, Isabelle Oliveira1, Christina Linz2, Veronika Lerchen1, Matthias Englbrecht1, Michael Sticherling3, Arnd Kleyer1, Juergen Rech1, Georg Schett1 and Axel J. Hueber1, 1Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, 2Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, e, Germany, 3Department of Dermatology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Secukinumab, an anti-interleukin 17A monoclonal antibody, showed significant improvement of signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in phase 3 studies. Available studies used…
  • Abstract Number: 638 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Are There Clinical Demographic or Subclinical Ultrasonographic Data That Can Predict Flare in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients during a Phase of Minimal Disease Activity after Spacing of Anti-TNF Blockers Injections?

    Pierluigi Macchioni1, Giovanni Ciancio2, Gilda Sandri3, Alen Zabotti4, Luca Montaguti5, Gentiana Vukatana6, Fabio Mascella7, Donatella Chessa8, Elisa Verduci9, Marcello Govoni10, Amelia Spinella3, Francesca Zuliani11, Marco Bruschi5, Nazzarena Malavolta12 and Mariacristina Focherini7, 1Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara and Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Sant’Anna - Ferrara (Italy), ferrara, Italy, 3Rheumatology Unit, University fo Modena & Reggio, Modena, Italy, 4Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, Santa Maria della Misericordia" University Hospital, Udine, Italy, 5Dipartimento Internistico SS di Reumatologia, AUSL Romagna Ospedale Bufalini, Cesena, Italy, 6Rheumatology Unit, Department CardioThoracic Vascular, S.Orsola- Malpighi Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 7Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Ospedale Infermi Rimini, Rimini, Italy, 8Internal Medicine, Ospedale Paolo Dettori, Tempio Pausania, Italy, 9Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 10Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Ferrara and Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Sant’Anna - Ferrara (Italy), ferrara, Italy, 11Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Santa Maria della Misericordia" University Hospital, Udine, Italy, 12Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Background/Purpose: Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-blocker tapering has been proposed for patients with psoriatic arthritis (PA) in clinical remission. To evaluate if there are clinical, demographic…
  • Abstract Number: 639 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Clinical and Sonographic Analysis of Patients with Psoriasis without Musculoskeletal Complaints. Preeliminary Results of a Prospective Study: The PRE-Psa Cohort

    Andrea Cuervo1, Julio Ramírez2, Merce Alsina3, Raimon Sanmarti4 and Juan D. Cañete5, 1Arthritis Unit. Rheumatology Dpt, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, 2Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 3Dermatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 4Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 5Arthritis Unit. Rheumatology Department, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Early diagnosis in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is mandatory in order to initiate early therapy and prevent disability. Around 20% of patients with Psoriasis (PsO)…
  • Abstract Number: 2527 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Increased Prevalence of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Moderate-Severe Plaque Psoriasis Patients

    Nuria Vegas-Revenga1, José Luis Martín-Varillas1, Susana Armesto2, Marcos A González- López3, Virginia Portilla2, Patricia Fuentevilla1, Javier Rueda-Gotor2, Carlos Fernández-Díaz1, Lucia C. Domínguez-Casas1, Belén Atienza-Mateo1, Jose L. Hernández4, Ricardo Blanco1, Miguel Angel González-Gay1 and Alfonso Corrales1, 1Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, 2Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, 3Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, 4Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Surrogate markers of subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiovascular (CV) mortality such as carotid plaques (CP), arterial stiffness (AS) and carotid intima-media thickness (c-IMT), have been…
  • Abstract Number: 2727 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Evaluating Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis Skin Lesions: Ultrasound As a Complementary Measure

    Yogan Kisten1, Per T Larsson2, Erik af Klint2, Hamed Rezaei2,3, Noémi Györi1, Liv Eidsmo4, Mona Ståhle4 and Ronald F. van Vollenhoven1,5, 1Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 2Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 3Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 4Dermatology and Venereology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 5Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center (ARC), Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: The diagnosis and assessment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and psoriasis (PsO) lesions are mostly done by visual inspection, and when in doubt, supplemented by…
  • Abstract Number: 3097 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Osteoclast Precursor Frequency and Imaging Findings Associated with Arthritis Onset in a Psoriasis Longitudinal Cohort

    Ralf G. Thiele1, Yahui Grace Chiu2, Francisco Tausk3, Bethany A. Marston4, Changyong Feng5, Gregory Dieudonne6, Vaseem Chengazi6, Sharon Moorehead7, Debbie Campbell7 and Christopher T. Ritchlin8, 1Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 2Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 3Dermatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 4Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 5Statistics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 6Radiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 7Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 8Allergy Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

    Background/Purpose: Psoriasis (Ps) precedes joint inflammation by an average of 10 years psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients. Reports have demonstrated abnormal musculoskeletal imaging findings in psoriasis…
  • Abstract Number: 3100 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Can Achieving Sustained Minimal Disease Activity (MDA) Prevent Progression of Subclinical Atherosclerosis? a Prospective Cohort Study in Psoriatic Arthritis

    Tsz Ho CHENG1, Qing SHANG2, PW Alex LEE1, Priscilla WONG1, Tracy Y. ZHU3, Chun-Kwok WONG4, JW Jack LEE5, M Mimi CHANG6, Edmund LI1 and Lai-Shan TAM7, 1Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 3Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 4Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 5Biostatistics Division, School of Public and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 6Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 7Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Background/Purpose: Patients with PsA were reported to have a higher incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis due to underlying inflammation. Minimal disease…
  • Abstract Number: 3161 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    The Association Between HLA Genetic Susceptibility Markers and Sonographic Enthesitis in Psoriatic Arthritis

    Ari Polachek1, Richard J. Cook2, Vinod Chandran1, Fatima Abji1, Dafna D Gladman3 and Lihi Eder4, 1Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 3University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Enthesitis is an important pathophysiologic component in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Ultrasound is emerging as an optimal method to evaluate enthesitis. HLA genes are implicated…
  • Abstract Number: 173 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    The Automated Software-Guided Ultrasound Assessment of Bilateral Common Carotids Intima-Media Thickness for Investigation of Cardiovascular Risk in Psoriasis:Comparison Between Patients with or without Arthritis

    Marina Azevedo Dias1, Laura Maria Silva de Siqueira2, Bárbara Nascimento de Carvalho3, Marcelo Pinheiro4, José Alexandre Mendonça5 and Karine Luz6, 1Univeridade Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2Universidade Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 3Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 4Rheumatology Division, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 54Rheumatology Unit, Hospital da Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC) de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 6Rheumatology, Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background/Purpose: Recent studies have shown the relationship between psoriasis (Ps) and subclinical atherosclerosis (athero). Currently, a new automated ultrasound software, based on radio frequency, called…
  • Abstract Number: 1718 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Entheseal Abnormalities and Nail Involvement at the Distal Interphalangeal Joints on Ultrasound Examination in Patients with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. Could the Nail-Enthesitis Theory be Supported?

    M Laura Acosta-Felquer1, Erika Catay2, Leandro Ferreyra-Garrot3, Santiago Ruta1, David A. Navarta4, Javier Rosa5, Ricardo Galimberti6, Maria L. Galimberti6, Ricardo Garcia-Monaco7 and Enrique R. Soriano8, 1Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundacion PM Catoggio,, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3Rheumatology Section, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundacion PM Catoggio, Internal Medicine, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5Rheumatology, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6Dermatology Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7Radiology and Imagenology Department, Hospital italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8Internal Medicine, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Background/Purpose:   It has been shown that nail involvement in psoriasis is associated with systemic enthesopathy. The association of enthesopathy and nail disease at distal…
  • Abstract Number: 3209 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Utility of Power Doppler Ultrasound-Detected Synovitis for the Prediction of Short Term Flare in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients in Clinical Remission

    Josefina Marin1,2, M Laura Acosta-Felquer2, Leandro Ferreyra-Garrot3, Erika Catay4, Javier Rosa5, Santiago Ruta2, Mirtha Sabelli2, Ricardo Garcia-Monaco Sr.6 and Enrique R. Soriano7, 1Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medical Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3Rheumatology Section, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundacion PM Catoggio, Internal Medicine, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4Salguero 569 7 35, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5Rheumatology, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7Internal Medicine, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Background/Purpose: Ultrasound has been shown to detect subclinical synovitis in in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA in clinical remission.). The value of power Doppler…
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