Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ultrasonography"

Abstract Number: 1389 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Osteophytes Increase the Ambiguity of Clinical Evaluation of Joint Swelling in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Peter Mandl¹, Paul Studenic², Gabriela Supp³, Tanja A. Stamm⁴, Martina Sadlonova⁵, Michaela Ernst⁵, Stefanie Haider⁵, Daniel Aletaha³ and Josef Smolen³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: It is recommended that a joint be classified as clinically swollen if this swelling is beyond doubt. However in clinical practice the evaluation of…
Abstract Number: 2320 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasonographic Monitoring Of Response To Infliximab In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Xiaomei Leng¹, Weiguo Xiao², Xiaochun Zhu³, Zhonghui Xu¹, Wei Yu¹, Jing Lu², Jiakai Wang², Xiaoru Xia³, Yongji Li³, Yi Liu⁴, Yi Zhao⁴, Honghao Tang⁵, Dongbao Zhao⁶, Yeqing Shi⁶, Huji Xu⁷, Jun Bao⁷, Lin Chen⁷, Ling Lin⁷, Ling Zhou⁷, Guoqiang Chen⁸, Weihong Zhang⁸ and Yan Zhao¹, ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ²The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China, ³The First Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, ⁵West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, ⁶Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai, China, ⁷Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China, ⁸The First People’s Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of treatment with infliximab on joint inflammation and bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients using ultrasonography. Methods: 80 eligible…
Abstract Number: 2277 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Midcarpal Joint Effusion Is As Common As Radiocarpal Joint Effusion In Swollen Wrists Of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jae Ho Lee¹, Young Sun Suh¹, Jung Hee Koh¹, Seung Min Jung², Jennifer Lee¹, Ji Yeon Lee³, Soo Young Lee⁴, Seung-Ki Kwok¹, Ji Hyeon Ju¹, Kyung-Su Park¹, Dae Chul Jeong⁵ and Sung Hwan Park¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Incheon, South Korea, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Wrist joint is most commonly involved in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and consists of multiple compartments; radiocarpal, midcarpal, and carpometacarpal joints. Intraarticular corticosteroid injection is…
Abstract Number: 2240 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Correlative Analysis Of Swollen Joints Between Clinical Examination and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound For Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kenta Misaki¹, Takashi Nakazawa², Shunichi Fujita¹, Hirotaka Yamada¹ and Toshihiko Yokota¹, ¹Rheumatology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan, ²Rheumatology, Osaka Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: The disease activity score 28 (DAS28), clinical disease activity index (CDAI) and simplified disease activity index (SDAI) are all used in the clinical assessment…
Abstract Number: 1975 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiovascular Risk Stratification In Rheumatic Diseases : Carotid Ultrasound Is More Sensitive Than Coronary Artery Calcification Score To Detect Subclinical atherosclerosis In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Francisco Ortiz-Sanjuán¹, Alfonso Corrales², José Antonio Parra³, Carlos González-Juanatey⁴, Montserrat Santos⁵, Javier Rueda⁶, Ricardo Blanco⁷, Vanesa Calvo-Río⁸, Javier Loricera⁸, Javier Llorca⁹ and Miguel A González-Gay¹⁰, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV. Santander. Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Radiology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Cardiology Division, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV. Santander. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV, Santander, Spain, ⁷Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁹Department of Epidemiology and Computational Biology, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Santander, Spain, ¹⁰Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, Rheumatology Division, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease associated to accelerated atherogenesis leading to increased incidence of cardiovascular (CV) mortality. Adequate stratification of the CV risk…
Abstract Number: 1949 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment Of Wrist Joint Inflammation In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis By Quantitative Two- and Three-Dimensional Power Doppler Ultrasonography
Hsin-Hua Chen, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; nstitute of Public Health and Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: To assess the intra-operator and inter-operator reliability of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D)-power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS) computer-aided quantification data for wrist joint vascularity.Methods: This…
Abstract Number: 1950 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between Radiographic Joint Space Narrowing, Sonographic Cartilage Thickness and Anatomy In Rheumatoid Arthritis and Control Joints
Peter Mandl¹, Gabriela Supp², Gabor Baksa³, Daniel Aletaha⁴, Reka Kurucz⁵, Dora Niedermayer⁶, Helga Radner⁷, Paul Studenic⁸, Peter V. Balint⁹ and Josef S. Smolen¹⁰, ¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁵National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary, ⁶PsAID taskforce, EULAR, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine III; Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine 3, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁹Rheumatology, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary, ¹⁰Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: To validate ultrasound (US) for measuring cartilage thickness, by evaluating cartilage thickness on cadaver specimens of metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints by US and conventional measurement.…
Abstract Number: 1961 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Diagnostic Utility Of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound In Early Arthritis – a Probabilistic (Bayesian) Approach
Hamed Rezaei¹, Erik af Klint², Yogan Kisten³ and Ronald F. van Vollenhoven⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The rheumatology clinic of the Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute,Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: While musculoskeletal ultrasound examination (MSUS) is used increasingly in the work-up of patients with inflammatory joint disease, the exact diagnostic utility has not been…
Abstract Number: 1963 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasonography Is Helpful For Optimizing The Diagnosis Of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Maasa Hama¹, Darisuren Tsolmon¹, Kaoru Minegishi¹, Ryusuke Yoshimi¹, Yohei Kirino¹, Atsuhisa Ueda¹, Mitsuhiro Takeno¹, Ichiro Aoki² and Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ²Department of Molecular Pathology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose: 2010 ACR–EULAR criteria enable us to make diagnosis of early rheumatoid arhtiritis (RA) with no erosion revealed by X-ray. However, the criteria potentially possess…
Abstract Number: 1946 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Can Satisfactory Reliability Of The 7-Joint Ultrasound Score Be Attained By Inexperienced Readers In a Single Calibration Exercise? Results From The Biodam Program
Marina Backhaus¹, Stephanie G. Werner¹, Sarah Ohrndorf¹, Shafeeq Alraqi², Sean Crowther³, Sukhvinder Dhillon³, Navjot Dhindsa⁴, Arthur J. Fernandes⁵, Oliver FitzGerald⁶, Hilde B. Hammer⁷, Christophe Hudry⁸, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin⁹, Robert GW Lambert³, Maggie Larche¹⁰, Anouck Remy-Moulard¹¹, Lene Terslev¹², Ramin Yazdani¹³, Rana Dadashova¹⁴, Joel Paschke¹⁴ and Walter P. Maksymowych¹⁵, ¹Rheumatology/Immunology, Charite University Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ²Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, St.Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷Dept of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁸Rheumatology, Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁹Rheumatology/Immunology, CHU de la Cavale Blanche, Brest, France, ¹⁰McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹¹Hopital Peyronie, Montpellier, France, ¹²Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹³St.Clare's Mercy Hospital, St.John's, NF, Canada, ¹⁴CaRE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁵Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: While ultrasound assessment of patients with RA using the 7-joint score (US7) demonstrates reliability in the hands of experienced readers it is unclear to…
Abstract Number: 1947 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The 7-Joint Ultrasound Score Is a Feasible Tool For Evaluating Joint Inflammation In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Experience Among Rheumatologists With Basic Or Intermediate Level Of Ultrasound Training
Jana Hurnakova^1,2, Jakub Zavada^2,3, Herman F. Mann^1,2, Ladislav Senolt^2,4, Martin Klein^2,4, Petra Hanova^5,6, Sarka Forejtova^2,4, Marta Olejarova^2,4, Olga Ruzickova^2,4, Olga Sleglova^2,4 and Karel Pavelka^2,7, ¹Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ²1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁷Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound plays an increasingly important role in monitoring disease activity and therapy response. German US-7 score is a recently introduced ultrasound scoring index…
Abstract Number: 234 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Power Doppler Modalities Of 5 Ultrasound Machines Perform Very Differently, Ascertained By a Microvessel Flow Phantom
David F. Ten Cate¹, Jolanda J. Luime², Myrthe van der Ven², Johanna M.W. Hazes², Klazina Kooiman³, Nico De Jong³ and Johannes G. Bosch³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Biomedical Engineering, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) subclinical disease activity can be detected with ultrasound (US), especially using power Doppler US (PDUS).[1-3] However, in…
Abstract Number: 2870 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Higher Disease Activity and Serum Levels Of Angiogenic Factors In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis In Clinical Remission With Synovitis On Ultrasound
Julio Ramirez¹, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide², Isaac Pomés³, Raquel Celis⁴, Jaume Pomés³, Sonia Cabrera¹, M. Victoria Hernández⁵, Oscar M Epis⁶, Jose L. Pablos⁷, Raimon Sanmarti¹ and Juan D. Cañete², ¹Arthritis Unit. Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ³Radiology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Department, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Arthritis Unit, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶A.O. Ospedale Niguarda Cà Granda, Milan, Italy, ⁷Servicio de Reumatología, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (I+12), Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: To identify and characterize subclinical synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in clinical remission using power Doppler ultrasound and serum levels of angiogenic factors.…
Abstract Number: 2803 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Can Ultrasonographic Findings Predict Response To Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Inhibitor Treatment In Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Nevsun Inanc^1,2, Gülsen Ozen² and Haner Direskeneli³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors (TNFi) are highly effective in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), while not effective in all, with predictors of response being…
Abstract Number: 2805 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovial Explant Inflammatory Mediator Production Is Associated With Synovitis While Not With Bone Marrow Edema In Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross Sectional Study
Martin Andersen¹, Mikael Boesen², Karen Ellegaard¹, Robin Christensen³, Kalle Söderström⁴, Søren Torp-Pedersen¹, Bente Danneskiold-Samsøe¹, Else Marie Bartels⁵, Nina Vendel⁶, Niels H. Søe⁷, Pieter Spee⁸, Ulrik GW Mørch⁹, Lars Karlsson⁴ and Henning Bliddal¹⁰, ¹Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ²Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark, Frederiskberg, Denmark, ³Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ⁴Biopharmaceutical Research Unit, Novo Nordisk, Translational Immunology, Biopharmaceutical Research Unit, Måløv, Novo Nordisk, Denmark, Måløv, Denmark, ⁵Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital,Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ⁶Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Operations, Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark, Hellerup, Denmark, ⁷Department of Orthopedics, Section of Hand Surgery, Gentofte University Hospital, Department of Orthopedics, Section of Hand Surgery, Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark, Hellerup, Denmark, ⁸Biopharmaceutical Research Unit Novo Nordisk, Translational Immunology, Biopharmaceutical Research Unit, Måløv, Novo Nordisk, Denmark, Måløv, Denmark, ⁹Biomarkers, Søborg, Novo Nordisk, Denmark, Biomarkers, Søborg, Novo Nordisk, Denmark, Søborg, Denmark, ¹⁰The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Synovitis and bone damage may represent two distinct but overlapping pathological processes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Whereas the bulk of synovial cells contribute to…

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