Abstracts tagged "Pulmonary Involvement"

Abstract Number: 826 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exercise Echocardiography Predicts Future Development of Pulmonary Hypertension in a High-Risk Cohort of Scleroderma Patients
Kaitlin A. Quinn¹, Tunay Kuru², Stephanie Wappel³ and Virginia D. Steen¹, ¹Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ²Pulmonary, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ³Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is the leading cause of scleroderma related deaths and is often detected late in the disease course. Early identification of patients…
Abstract Number: 835 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Normal Pulmonary Diffusion Capacity Is Rare in Pulmonary Artery Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
Rebecca Overbury¹, Tracy M. Frech², Maureen Murtaugh³, Virginia D. Steen⁴ and PHAROS investigators, ¹Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University of Utah, Salt Lake, UT, ⁴Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Methods: Results: > 70% (mean 78%) versus 191 patients (94.6%) who had a low DLCO <70% (mean 39%). There was no difference…
Abstract Number: 838 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Esophageal Dysmotility and Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Scleroderma: A Retrospective Study
Shweta Kishore¹, Santhanam Lakshminarayanan¹, Chia-Ling Kuo² and Ranadeep Mandhadi¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, ²Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease with pulmonary involvement seen in 75% of patients and esophageal involvement in 90% of the patients.…
Abstract Number: 972 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Outcome of the Scleroderma Population “at Risk” to Develop Pulmonary Hypertension in the Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition of Outcomes in Scleroderma Cohort Study
Vivien Hsu¹, Virginia D. Steen² and PHAROS Investigators, ¹Rheumatology, RWJ Med Schl Scleroderma Prog, New Brunswick, NJ, ²Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
ABSTRACT: Background/Purpose: We investigated predictors of outcome, including mortality and cardiopulmonary hospitalizations in the Òat riskÓ group for pulmonary hypertension in PHAROS, a prospective longitudinal…
Abstract Number: 973 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characterization of Patients with World Health Organization Group 2 Pulmonary Hypertension in the Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition of Outcomes in Scleroderma Cohort
Jessica K. Gordon¹, Jackie Szymonifka², Matthew R. Lammi³, Virginia D. Steen⁴ and PHAROS Investigators, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ⁴Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a leading cause of death in patients (pts) with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies PH into…
Abstract Number: 109 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of HLA-G and Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptor A3 Polymorphisms with the Susceptibility to Pulmonary Hyterpention in Systemic Sclerosis
Yuki Hachiya¹, Aya Kawasaki¹, Takashi Matsushita², Hiroshi Furukawa¹, Shouhei Nagaoka³, Kota Shimada⁴, Shoji Sugii⁴, Keigo Setoguchi⁵, Akira Okamoto⁶, Noriyuki Chiba⁷, Eiichi Suematsu⁸, Masao Katayama⁹, Shunsei Hirohata¹⁰, Hajime Kono¹¹, Kiyoshi Migita¹², Takayuki Sumida¹³, Shigeto Tohma¹⁴, Minoru Hasegawa¹⁵, Manabu Fujimoto¹⁶, Shinichi Sato¹⁷, Kazuhiko Takehara¹⁸ and Naoyuki Tsuchiya¹⁹, ¹Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ²Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa city, Japan, ³Rheumatology, Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Fuchu, Japan, ⁵Department of Allergy and Immunological Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Department of Rheumatology,, Himeji Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Himeji, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Morioka National Hospital, NHO, Iwate, Japan, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Medical Research Center, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagoya City, Aichi, Japan, ¹⁰Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Research Center, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ¹⁴Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan, ¹⁵Dermatology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan, ¹⁶Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ¹⁷Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁸Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa city, Japan, ¹⁹Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Background/Purpose: Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) is a non-classical class I molecule expressed in the immune cells, the spleen, and the lungs, and plays a key…
Abstract Number: 203 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rescue of Copa Syndrome Cellular Phenotype By Autophagy Modifying Drugs
Levi Watkin^1,2, Briana Burns^1,2, Timothy Vece³ and Jordan S. Orange^1,2, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ³Pulmonology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Autoimmunity is a diverse group of complex conditions that can include certain congenital genetic defects leading to loss of self-tolerance with subsequent imbalances of…
Abstract Number: 2374 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients with Anti-PM-Scl Antibody
Hiromichi Tamaki¹, Ruchi Yadav², James Bena³ and Soumya Chatterjee⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ²Diagnostic Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) may be a disease manifestation of patients with anti-PM-Scl antibody (PM-Scl). In the 2014 ACR annual meeting we reported significantly…
Abstract Number: 2973 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exercise Intolerance Evaluated By Invasive Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Connective Tissue Disease: Beyond Pulmonary Hypertension
Rudolf Oliveira^1,2, David Systrom², Julie Tracy², Abbey Karin², Aaron Waxman², Paul Dellaripa³ and Paul Hoover³, ¹Medicine, Division of Respiratory Disease, Federal University Of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Exercise intolerance is common in patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) and may be related to pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, determining the exact etiology…
Abstract Number: 2990 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of NT-Pro BNP As a Potential Marker for Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis: Data from a Large, Prospective and Unselected Patient Cohort
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold^1,2, Oyvind Midtvedt¹, Torhild Garen³, May Brit Lund⁴, Arne Andreassen⁵ and Øyvind Molberg⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Institute of clinical medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ³Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Respiratory Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: In Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is often diagnosed at an advanced stage. Serum levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) are…
Abstract Number: 1696 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Left Atrial Area Measurement Is Useful for Evaluating Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction Coexisting with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated with Systemic Sclerosis
Sumiaki Tanaka¹, Nobuhiro Sho², Tatsuo Nagai³, Yoshiyuki Arinuma² and Shunsei Hirohata¹, ¹Int Med/Rheumatol & Infec Dis, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan, ²Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a crucial organ involvement affecting survival of patients with connective tissue disease (CTDs), such as systemic sclerosis (SSc), systemic…
Abstract Number: 1692 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Additive Value of Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy Patterns to Disease-Specific Autoantibodies in Discrimination of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis at Risk for Severe Organ Involvement
I.M. Markusse¹, J. Meijs², B. de Boer², A. a. Schouffoer¹, N. Ajmone Marsan³, L. J. M. Kroft⁴, M. K. Ninaber⁵, T. W. J. Huizinga² and J.K. de Vries-Bouwstra⁶, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Deparment of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Severe nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) patterns in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) are associated with a high risk of organ involvement. SSc-specific autoantibodies seem to…
Abstract Number: 1441 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Accelerated Aging in DMARD and Treatment Naive Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Measured By a Stem Cell Assay Is Associated with Increased LDL and Is Linked to Impaired Cardiopulmonary Function
Torkell Ellingsen^1,2,3, Henriette Jørgensen⁴, Dino Demirovic⁴, Lone Deibjerg⁵, Frank Andersen⁵, Agnete Hedemann-Andersen⁵, Brian Bridal Løgstrup^5,6 and Suresh Rattan⁴, ¹Diagnostic Centre Region, Hospital Silkeborg Denmark, Odense, Denmark, ²The Danish National Registry DANBIO, Odense, Denmark, ³Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark, Odense, Denmark, ⁴Laboratory of Cellular Ageing, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Århus University, Århus, Denmark, ⁵Diagnostic Centre Region, Hospital Silkeborg Denmark, Silkeborg, Denmark, ⁶Cardiology, Skejby Hospital, Århus Universityhosital, Århus, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The cardiovascular comorbidity seen in early treatment naive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be considered as an aspect of ´´accelerated aging``. Methods: We investigated cell…
Abstract Number: 724 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Moderate Decline in Forced Vital Capacity is Associated with a Poor Outcome in Systemic Sclerosis Patients
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, Oyvind Midtvedt², Torhild Garen³, May Brit Lund⁴, T. Mogens Aalokken⁵, Jan Tore Gran² and Oyvind Molberg⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ²Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Respiratory Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshopitalet, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Department of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common manifestation in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Serial pulmonary function tests…
Abstract Number: 2751 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
18F-FDG PET/CT in Vascular Disease Due to Behçet’s Syndrome
Emire Seyahi¹, Metin Hallac², Betul Vatankulu³, Serdal Ugurlu¹, Melike Melikoglu⁴, Sebahattin Yurdakul¹ and Hasan Yazici⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University Of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT is considered as a useful tool in assessing active vascular inflammation in large vessel vasculitis. Lower extremity vein…

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