Abstracts tagged "Raynaud’s phenomenon"

Abstract Number: 1704 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Non-Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Digital Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis
Tomonori Ishii¹, Yasushi Kawaguchi², osamu ishikawa³, naruhiko takasaawa⁴, takao kodera⁵, hidekata yasuoka⁶, yuichi takahashi⁷, osamu takai⁸, Izaya Nakaya⁹, Hiroshi Fujii¹⁰, Yukiko Kamogawa¹⁰, Yuko Shirota¹⁰, Tsuyoshi Shirai¹⁰, Yoko Fujita¹¹, shinichiro saito¹², Hiroaki Shimokawa¹³ and Hideo Harigae¹⁰, ¹Clinical Research, Innovation and Education Center, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, gunma, Japan, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Wakabayashi Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ⁵Division of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, tokyo, Japan, ⁷Ｙｕ　Ｆａｍｉｌｙ　Ｃlinic, Sendai, Japan, ⁸Osaki Citizen Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ⁹Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital, Morioka, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, ¹¹Department of Hematolgy and Rheumatolgy, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, ¹²IMS Meirikai Sendai General Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ¹³Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) often display Raynaud’s phenomenon, which causes digital skin ulcers. Since these ulcers are not associated with autoimmune factors, conventional…
Abstract Number: 2096 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Nailfold Capillaroscopy Is an Opportunity for Telerheumatology
Jacob R. Stever¹, Nicholas Lebedoff², Tracy M. Frech³, Lesley A. Saketkoo⁴ and Marcus Snow⁵, ¹Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Rheumatology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ⁵Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: The 2013 classification criteria for systemic sclerosis (SSc) provide 2 points (towards a 9 point diagnosis) for patients who have abnormal capillaroscopy. In the…
Abstract Number: 2168 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dissociation of FVC and Dlco in Patients with Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis
Eun Hye Park¹, Woo Chang Hwang², Eun Young Lee¹, Eun Bong Lee¹, Yeong Wook Song³ and Jin Kyun Park¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Department of Statistics, Data Science for Knowledge Creation Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease in patients with polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) is characterized by decrease in both lung compliance and pulmonary vascularity, leading to…
Abstract Number: 2697 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic Sclerosis Quality of Life Questionnaire (SScQoL) Captures the Complex Problems Experienced By Patients with Scleroderma
Matylda Sierakowska¹, Stanislaw Sierakowski², Marzena Olesinska³, Marek Brzosko⁴, Piotr Leszczynski⁵, Katarzyna Pawlak-Bus⁵, Bogdan Batko⁶, Piotr Wiland⁷, Maria Majdan⁸, Malgorzata Bykowska-Sochacka⁹, Wojciech Romanowski¹⁰, Aleksandra Zon-Giebel¹¹, Slawomir Jeka¹² and Mwidimi Ndosi¹³, ¹Department of Integrated Medical Care, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, ²Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland, Bialystok, Poland, ³Department of Connective Tissue Disease, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation,, Warsaw, Poland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Medical University in Poznan, Poznan, Poland, ⁶Center of Rheumatology, J. Dietl Hospital in Krakow, Krakow, Poland, ⁷Department and Clinic of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁸Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Medical University in Lublin, Lublin, Poland, ⁹Dr J. Titz-Kosko Regional Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Sopot, Sopot, Poland, ¹⁰Poznan Centre of Rheumatology in Srem, Srem, Poland, ¹¹Silesian Center of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation and Prevention of Disability, Ustron, Poland, ¹²2nd University Hospital, CM UMK, Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases,, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ¹³Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic rheumatic disease that disturbs the patients’ biological, social, emotional spiritual, and physical functioning; resulting in reduced quality of…
Abstract Number: 2889 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Aminaphtone Ameliorates Clinical Symptoms and Increases Skin Blood Perfusion in Patients with Both Primary and Secondary Raynaud Phenomenon: A Six-Month Open Study
Alberto Sulli¹, Maurizio Cutolo², Carmen Pizzorni², Sabrina Paolino², Elisa Alessandri², Emanuele Gotelli² and Barbara Ruaro², ¹Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genova, Italy, ²Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Current treatments for Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) have limited efficacy, which was mainly demonstrated by physician/patient reported outcomes. Aminaphtone is a vasoactive drug recently suggested…
Abstract Number: 2909 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Attitudes Toward Patient-Reported Outcome Instruments for the Assessment of Raynaud’s Phenomenon in Systemic Sclerosis
John Pauling^1,2, Tracy M. Frech^3,4, Michael Hughes⁵, Jessica K. Gordon⁶, Robyn T. Domsic⁷, Francesca Ingegnoli⁸, Neil J. McHugh^1,9, Sindhu R. Johnson¹⁰, Marie Hudson¹¹, Francesco Boin¹², Voon Ong¹³, Marco Matucci Cerinic¹⁴, Nezam Altorok¹⁵, Marina Scolnik¹⁶, Mandana Nikpour¹⁷, Ankoor Shah¹⁸, Janet E. Pope¹⁹, Dinesh Khanna²⁰ and Ariane L. Herrick²¹, ¹Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ³Internal Medicine, Salt Lake City VAMC, Salt Lake, UT, ⁴Internal Medicine-Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, SLC, UT, ⁵Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁷Medicine - Rheumatology, Univ of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Istituto Gaetano Pini, University of Milano, Italy, Milano, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Department of Medicine, McGill University and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹²Rheumatology, University California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹³Rheumatology, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, ¹⁵Rheumatology, University of Toledo Medical Center,, Toledo, OH, ¹⁶Rheumatology Section, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundacion PM Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁷Department of Medicine (St Vincent's Hospital), The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ¹⁸Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ¹⁹Monsignor Roney Bldg/Rheum, University of Western Ontario, St Joseph Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ²⁰Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ²¹Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The Raynaud’s Condition Score (RCS) diary is a clinician-derived validated patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument for assessing the frequency, duration and severity of Raynaud's phenomenon…
Abstract Number: 164 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
99mtc-Hdp Digital Blood Flow Scintigraphy for Assessment of Raynaud Phenomenon Associated with Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome
Kyung-Ann Lee¹, Hyun-Woo Jeong², Sang Heon Lee³ and Hae-Rim Kim⁴, ¹Devision of rheumatology, Department of internal medicine, Konkuk University Medical center, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of, ²Department of Nuclear medicine, Konkuk University Medical center, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine,Division of Rheumatology., Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the 99mTc-HDP scintigraphic features in hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) and to compare with primary Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) and secondary…
Abstract Number: 842 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Aminaphtone Treatment Increases Skin Blood Perfusion and Related Clinical Symptoms in Patients Affected By Raynaud’s Phenomenon: A Pilot Study Based on Laser Speckle Contrast Analysis
Barbara Ruaro, Sabrina Paolino, Carmen Pizzorni, Maurizio Cutolo and Alberto Sulli, Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Aminaphtone is an oral vasoactive drug used to treat microvascular impairement since 30 years, and recently suggested to down-regulate endothelin-1 production by endothelial cells,…
Abstract Number: 1863 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Non-Invasive Investigation of Perfusion, Microvascular Structure, Erythema, Oxidative Stress and Oxygenation in Healthy Controls and in Patients with Primary and Secondary Raynaud’s Phenomenon
Andrea Murray^1,2, Tonia Moore³, Joanne Manning⁴, Ian Poxon², Graham Dinsdale¹, Michael Berks⁵, Sarah Leggett⁶, Mark Dickinson² and Ariane L. Herrick¹, ¹Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, MAHSC, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Photon Science institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, MAHSC, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Imaging Sciences, University of Manchester, Institute of Population Health, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁶Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: It is well established that measurements of cutaneous microvascular dysfunction (measured with laser Doppler imaging [LDI]) and structural abnormality (measured with nailfold capillaroscopy [NC])…
Abstract Number: 1867 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Abnormal Nailfold Capillaroscopy Pattern Is Common in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease and Is Associated with Pulmonary and Oesophageal Involvement, Even in the Absence of Systemic Sclerosis
Anniek M van Roon¹, Cato C Huisman¹, Arie M van Roon¹, Alja J Stel², Andries J Smit¹, Hendrika Bootsma² and Douwe J Mulder¹, ¹Internal Medicine - division Vascular Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: RP is a common symptom of CTD. Nailfold capillary microscopy (NCM) has previously been shown to be associated with disease severity and internal organ…
Abstract Number: 1874 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Low Rate of Progression in Cases of Isolated Raynaud’s Phenomenon Screened By Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy and Antinuclear Antibody Status Supports Negative Predictive Value of These Tests
Louise Parker¹, Kevin Howell², Voon H. Ong³ and Christopher P.Denton⁴, ¹Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Diseases, UCL Medical School and Royal Free Hosp, London, United Kingdom, ²Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, University College London, Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology, UCL Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Raynaud’s phenomenon is common but can progress to definite connective tissue disease. We have observed long term follow up of an unselected consecutive…
Abstract Number: 2889 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for the Treatment of Raynaud’s and Digital Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis: A Systematic Review
Edward S Harris¹, Herbert J Meiselman², Patrick M Moriarty³ and Allan Metzger⁴, ¹Scleroderma Education Project Ltd, Madison, WI, ²Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Clinical Pharmacology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ⁴RDL Reference Laboratory Inc, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) is an early marker of microvascular damage in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and digital ulcers (DU) are a serious complication of vascular…
Abstract Number: 1896 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Signs, Symptoms and Auto-Antibodies to Predict Diffuse Cutaneous or Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis at First Presentation
WMT van den Hombergh¹, HKA Knaapen-Hans¹, Patricia E. Carreira^2,3, FHJ van den Hoogen¹, Jaap Fransen¹ and MC Vonk¹, ¹Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology Unit, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
ABSTRACT Background/Purpose: Diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) is associated with a poorer prognosis compared to limited cutaneous SSc (lcSSc), due to earlier and more severe…
Abstract Number: 1928 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Isolation and Initial Characterization of Dermal Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Systemic Sclerosis
Shadia Nada¹, Farouk Abu Alhana², Yongqing Wang², Nezam Altorok³ and Bashar Kahaleh⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, Divison of Rheumatology, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ²The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ³Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: Nearly all patients with Systemic sclerosis (SSc) suffer from vascular dysfunction as illustrated by the uniform presence of Raynaud’s phenomena. The role of vascular…
Abstract Number: 2256 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characteristics, Laboratory Findings and Nailfold Capillaroscopy Microscopy Patterns in a Monocentric Series of 123 Patients with Idiopathic Pernio
Thi Phuong Uyen Doan¹, Sara Hussein¹, Martial Koenig² and France Joyal¹, ¹Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Internal Medicine, Hôpital Notre-Dame du CHUM, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Few studies have looked at the characteristics of patients diagnosed with pernio and the significance of the use of capillaroscopy in these patients. The…

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