Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 1441 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Ultrasound-Detecting Efficacy of Abatacept By Profiling Multiple Serum Cytokines, Chemokines and Bone-Related Biomarkers in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Kyushu Multicenter Rheumatoid Arthritis Ultrasound Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Shinya Kawashiri^1,2,3, Ayako Nishino^3,4, Nobutaka Eiraku³, Tamami Yoshitama³, Naoki Matsuoka³, Toshiyuki Aramaki³, Yukitaka Ueki³, Akitomo Okada³, Hiroaki Hamada³, Shuji Nagano³, Keita Fujikawa³ and Atsushi Kawakami^1,3, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Departments of Community Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Kyushu multicenter rheumatoid arthritis ultrasound prospective observational cohort study group, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁴Center for Comprehensive Community Care Education, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: We have been prospectively investigating therapeutic efficacy of biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by ultrasound (US) in Kyushu…
Abstract Number: 2016 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Favourable Changes in Power Doppler Scores in the Feet over 1-Year in an Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort: The Role of Rheumatoid Factor and Anti–Citrullinated Protein Antibody
Karen A. Beattie¹, Hanyan Zou², George Ioannidis³ and Maggie Larche¹, ¹Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose : MTP joints are seldom examined in routine clinical visits. As such, it is important to understand how the standard treatment of patients with…
Abstract Number: 2030 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient Motivation in Inflammatory Arthritis: The Use of Ultrasound-Guided Patient Education to Endorse Medication Adherence and Facilitate Cost-Effective Targeted Management
Yasser M. El Miedany^1,2, Maha El Gaafary³, Nadia El Aroussy¹, Sally Youssef⁴ and Deborah Palmer⁵, ¹Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, ²Rheumatology, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, United Kingdom, ³Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Egypt, ⁴Rheumatology & Rehabilitation, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁵Rheumatology, North Middlesex University Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To assess the value of sharing the real-time ultrasound (US) images of the inflamed joints/ tendons with inflammatory arthritis patients and its impact on:…
Abstract Number: 2940 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Outcome of Power Doppler Ultrasound-Detected Residual Synovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Clinical Remission: A 1 Year Longitudinal Study with Consecutive Ultrasound Examinations
Gaël Mouterde¹, Cédric Lukas², Nathalie Filippi¹, Gregory Marin³, Nicolas Molinari³, Jacques Morel¹ and Bernard Combe¹, ¹Rheumatology, Montpellier University, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, France, ²Rheumatology, Lapeyronie Hospital and EA2415 Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, ³Statistics, Montpellier University, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: Some studies revealed an association of Power Doppler (PD) ultrasound (US)-detected residual synovitis (PDUSS) and risk of relapse and radiographic progression (RP), in rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 2942 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
One Year Changes in Ultrasound Findings in the Feet Are Associated with Patient Reported Outcomes but Not Clinical Examination: a Prospective Observational Study of Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hanyan Zou¹, Karen A. Beattie², George Ioannidis³ and Maggie Larche², ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Despite extensive involvement of the feet in early RA, few studies report clinical and imaging changes in the feet over time. In this observational…
Abstract Number: 1560 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Unique Immune Signature in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis but Normal C-Reactive Protein Levels: Potential for New Therapeutic Targets?
Claire Bradford¹, Rosa González-Serrano¹, Andrew Cole¹, Shashank Ramakrishnan¹, Giampiero Marra¹, Coziana Ciurtin², Elizabeth Jury¹ and Jessica Manson³, ¹Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology Department, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology Department, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Using musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) to assess joint erosions and disease activity in patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) an atypical subgroup was identified with…
Abstract Number: 3016 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validity of a 2-Component Disease Activity Score for Accurate Assessment of Synovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Elizabeth M.A. Hensor^1,2, Paul McKeigue³, Philip G. Conaghan^1,2, Maya H. Buch^1,2, Jennifer H. Barrett^2,4, Jackie L. Nam^1,2, Marco Colombo⁵, Athina Spiliopoulou^5,6, Felix Agakov⁶, Stephen Kelly⁷, Myles J. Lewis⁷, Costantino Pitzalis⁷, Paul Emery^1,2, Ann W. Morgan^1,2 and IACON Consortium & PEAC Consortium, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Medical School, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ⁴School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ⁶Pharmatics Limited, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ⁷Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The original Disease Activity Score (DAS) was derived from clinicians’ therapeutic decisions1, which may have been influenced by patient-subjective factors such as general health…
Abstract Number: 132 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Performed Among RA Patients in Real Life Setting Can Predict Loss of Remission, Especially When Done Early after Reaching Remission
Pascal Zufferey¹, Giorgio Tamborrini², Burkhard Moeller³, Adrian Ciurea⁴, Laure Brulhart⁵, Sandra Blumhardt⁶, Martin Toniolo⁷ and Hans Ruedi Ziswiler⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, ²Bethesda spital, Basel, Switzerland, ³Rheumatology & Clin Immunology, Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁴Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich Schlieren, Switzerland, ⁵médecine, hôpital neuchateulois, La chaux de fond, Switzerland, ⁶rheumatology, USZ, zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Osteorheuma, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Previous publications have suggested that patients in clinical remission with residual ultrasound (US) synovitis flare more often and do not stay in remission as long…
Abstract Number: 137 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Imaging Remission By Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Leads to a Better Functional Outcome – Results of the US Impera Study – US 7-Score Implementation Study in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Anne-Marie Glimm¹, Sarah Ohrndorf², Imma Fischer³, Johannes Strunk⁴, Wolfgang A. Schmidt⁵, Wolfgang Hartung⁶, Herbert Kellner⁷, Horst Sattler⁸, Gabriela Schmittat¹, GR Burmester⁹ and Marina Backhaus¹⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Biostatistik Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital 'Porz am Rhein', Academic Hospital of the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ⁵Medical Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Klinik Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Germany, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine – Rheumatologic Day Clinic, Krankenhaus Neuwittelsbach, Academic Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁸Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Practice, Bad Duerkheim, Bad Duerkheim, Germany, ⁹Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, University Medicine Charit, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Novel treat-to-target strategies present new challenges to treatment monitoring in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To compare functional outcomes in early RA patients monitored by standard…
Abstract Number: 141 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Usefulness of SMI Technology on Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Active Synovitis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Guen Young Lee¹, Sujin Kim¹, Sang Tae Choi² and Jung-Soo Song³, ¹Radiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of, ²Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ³Rheumatology, Chung-Ang Univerity College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Background/Purpose: Many imaging modalities, including ultrasound (US) have been used in evaluating rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Previous literatures revealed that US using power doppler imaging (PDI)…
Abstract Number: 152 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Median Nerve Stiffness Measured By Elastosonography in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Higher Than Controls
Tadashi Okano¹, Kentaro Inui², Shohei Anno³, Kenji Mamoto¹, Yuko Sugioka⁴, Masahiro Tada⁵, Tatsuya Koike^4,6 and Hiroaki Nakamura¹, ¹Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ²Orhopedic surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ³Orhopedic surgery, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁴Center for Senile Degenerative Disorders (CSDD), Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ⁵Orthopedic surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁶Search Institute for Bone and Arthritis (SINBAD), Shirahama Foundation for Health and Welfare, Shirahama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most frequent neuropathy of all entrapment neuropathies, believed to be present in 3.8% of the general populatio. Idiopathic…
Abstract Number: 158 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Is a Sensitive Imaging Tool for the Assessment of Dynamic Changes of Bone Erosions in Inflammatory Arthritis: A Comparative Analysis with High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitatve Computed Tomography
Stephanie Finzel^1,2, Marina Backhaus³, Sebastian Kraus⁴, Georg Schett⁵ and Reinhard Voll⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine III, Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen, 91054, Germany, ³Rheumatology, Park-Klinik Weissensee, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Dept of Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Dpt. Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology and Centre for Chronic Immunodeficiency, University Hospital Freiburg, University Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Correct detection of bone erosions is crucial both for diagnosis and for monitoring of treatment response in patients with inflammatory joint diseases. Musculoskeletal ultrasound…
Abstract Number: 159 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing Agreement Among Measures of Inflammation Detected on Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound and Clinical Findings in the Feet of Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Karen A. Beattie¹, George Ioannidis², Sydney Scheffler³, Saara Totterman⁴, Edward Schreyer⁵ and Maggie Larche¹, ¹Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Radiology, VirtualScopics Inc., Rochester, NY, ⁵QMetrics Technologies, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: In metatarsalphalangeal (MTP) joints 2-5 of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we aimed to assess the agreement between i) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)…
Abstract Number: 544 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Power Doppler Ultrasound Signal Associates with Abnormal HDL Function and Suppression of Paraoxonase 1 Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Christina Charles-Schoeman¹, Ani Shahbazian², Buzand Oganesian³, Cesar Olmos⁴, Ami Ben-Artzi⁵ and Veena Ranganath⁶, ¹University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Medicine-Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medicine-Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los ANgeles, CA, ⁴Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, CA, ⁶Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) can detect synovitis by Power doppler (PDUS) and can predict erosive progression on xrays in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Our previous work…
Abstract Number: 546 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Boolean-Based Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Physician Versus Patient Global Assessment: Differences in Ultrasonographic Disease Activities, Sustainabilities, and Relapse Rates
Gulsen Ozen¹, Ali Ugur Unal², Haner Direskeneli³ and Nevsun Inanc¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Marmara University, School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Patient global assessment (PtGA), despite not being exclusively related to disease activity, is included in Boolean-based remission (BR) criteria for RA. This study evaluated…

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