Abstract Number: 0288 • ACR Convergence 2021
Demographic, Lifestyle, and Clinical Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Bronchiectasis: Role of RA-related Autoantibodies
Background/Purpose: Bronchiectasis is a known extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) characterized by bronchial damage and excessive mucus production that predispose patients to risk of…Abstract Number: 0290 • ACR Convergence 2021
Prevalence and Predictors of Mortality in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Related Lung Disease: Results from a Single Center Study
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis-related lung disease (RA-LD) is a common manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and associated with excess mortality. Many studies to date were focused…Abstract Number: 0291 • ACR Convergence 2021
IgA Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Are Associated with Reduced Mortality
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a form of interstitial lung disease (ILD) that shares many clinical features with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) associated ILD. Our…Abstract Number: 0497 • ACR Convergence 2021
Efficacy in Patient Subgroups in the INCREASE Trial, a Phase III Trial to Evaluate Inhaled Treprostinil in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Parenchymal Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: INCREASE was a 16-week trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of inhaled treprostinil (iTRE) in patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease…Abstract Number: 0505 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk of Venous and Arterial Thromboembolism in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis And/or Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Veterans Health Administration Population-Based Study in the United States
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are two chronic systemic inflammatory diseases that primarily affect elderly women. Both diseases can be complicated…Abstract Number: 1002 • ACR Convergence 2021
Nerve and Airway-associated Tissue Resident Pulmonary Macrophages Limit Infiltration and Alter Phenotype of Infiltrating Monocytes and Fibrocytes to Reduce Pulmonary Fibrosis
Background/Purpose: Macrophages and monocytes are increasingly implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune induced pulmonary fibrosis. In addition to the well-recognized classes of tissue resident macrophages…Abstract Number: 1100 • ACR Convergence 2021
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Adult-Onset Still’s Disease: A Case Series of 13 Patients
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is a rare but potentially fatal complication of Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD). To date, only isolated observations have been published.…Abstract Number: 1370 • ACR Convergence 2021
Complement Factor D and Factor H Represent Disease and Severity Biomarkers for Systemic Sclerosis Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (SSc-PAH)
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe vascular complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and a major cause of mortality. Despite significant advances in the…Abstract Number: 1379 • ACR Convergence 2021
Serum Levels of the Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts Are Prospectively Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are the leading causes of death in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Markers for early detection of…Abstract Number: 1385 • ACR Convergence 2021
Overall Survival in Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Following Lung or Heart-Lung Transplantation at a Single High-Volume Academic Transplant Center: A Comparative Cohort Study
Background/Purpose: Lung manifestations of systemic autoimmune diseases are a frequent cause of early death. For many patients, current treatments cannot arrest the inexorable progression to…Abstract Number: 1386 • ACR Convergence 2021
Measurement of TIMP-1 in Pulmonary Vessels May Be a Novel Marker of Reflecting mPAP in CTD-PH
Background/Purpose: CTD is a disease with immune abnormalities which could alter normal cytokine profile. CTD-PH has a different pathogenesis from that of iPAH, and immunosuppressive…Abstract Number: 1662 • ACR Convergence 2021
Unrecognised, Subclinical, Structural or Functional Lung Changes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Associated with a Higher Risk of Developing Serious Respiratory Tract Infection
Background/Purpose: The incidence of lung disease within the rheumatoid arthritis is well described and likely underestimated. Additionally, RA patients are at higher risk for developing…Abstract Number: 1855 • ACR Convergence 2021
Up-regulation of TNFα Gene in Peripheral Blood Is Useful for Predicting the Development of Exercise-induced Pulmonary Hypertension, Which Is Early Stage of Pulmonary Vascular Disease Associated with Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is prominent as a vascular involvement of systemic sclerosis (SSc), which remains a leading cause of death in spite of current…Abstract Number: 0084 • ACR Convergence 2021
COVID-19 Pneumonia in Two Hospitals: Similar Outcomes Despite Differential Use of Tocilizumab
Background/Purpose: A substantial number of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia develop a hyperinflammatory state. The anti-IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) mAb tocilizumab (TCZ) has been used in such…Abstract Number: 0150 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Characteristics and Quantitative CT Findings in Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) is a known complication of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD) but at present requires right heart catheterization (RHC)…
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