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Abstracts tagged "scleroderma and systemic sclerosis"

  • Abstract Number: 2582 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Treatment Of Pulmonary Hypertension In Scleroderma Patients With Restricitive Lung Disease.Observations From The Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition Of Outcomes In Scleroderma  Cohort

    Virginia D. Steen1 and Robyn T. Domsic2, 1Department of Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, 2Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

    Background/Purpose: Trials of therapy in  pulmonary  hypertension(PH)  have generally excluded patients with significant interstitial lung disease, but many patients with systemic sclerosis(SSc)  and  PH  have…
  • Abstract Number: 2576 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Epoprostenol Rescue Therapy In Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    Adrienne M. Roos1, Christopher Pasarikovski1, Amie T. Kron1, John T. Granton2, Peter Lee3, John Thenganatt4 and Sindhu R. Johnson5, 1Medicine, Toronto Scleroderma Research Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Medicine, Toronto Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3Lebovic Bldg, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Medicine, University Health Network Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto General Hospital, Divisions of Respirology and Critical Care Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5Medicine, 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

    Background/Purpose: Epoprostenol has been demonstrated to improve hemodynamics, functional class, and six-minute walk distance (6MWD) in systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (SSc-PAH) and idiopathic PAH…
  • Abstract Number: 2577 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Sex Disparities In Survival Of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients

    Christopher Pasarikovski1, John T. Granton2, Peter Lee3, Adrienne M. Roos1, Amie T. Kron1, Cathy Chau4 and Sindhu R. Johnson5, 1Medicine, Toronto Scleroderma Research Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Medicine, Toronto Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3Lebovic Bldg, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Medicine, Toronto Scleroderma Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5Medicine, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and idiopathic PAH (IPAH) are conditions with poor survival. There is evidence to suggest that sex…
  • Abstract Number: 1810 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Evaluation Of The New American College Of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Criteria For The Classification Of Systemic Sclerosis In The Canadian Scleroderma Research Group Cohort

    Hebah Alhajeri1, Marie Hudson2, Marvin J. Fritzler3, Janet E. Pope4, Canadian Scleroderma Research Group -5 and Murray Baron6, 1Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Rheumatology, Lady David Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 4St Joseph Health Care, London, ON, Canada, 5Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, 6Pavillion A, Rm 216, Lady David Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: New classification criteria for systemic sclerosis (SSc) have recently been developed. In this study, we aimed to assess the sensitivity of this classification in…
  • Abstract Number: 1811 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Validation Of The ICD-CM-9 Code For Systemic Sclerosis Using Updated ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria

    Aaliya Yaqub1, Lorinda Chung2, David Fiorentino3 and Eswar Krishnan4, 1Stanford Univ Medical Center, Stanford, CA, 2Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, 3Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, CA, 4Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease associated with substantial morbidity.  Epidemiologic studies using large administrative databases often rely on the accuracy of…
  • Abstract Number: 1745 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Prediction Of Pulmonary Complications In Systemic Sclerosis – Model Development and Validation

    Svetlana I. Nihtyanova1, Benjamin E. Schreiber2, Voon H. Ong3, John G. Coghlan4, Athol U. Wells5 and Christopher P. Denton6, 1Department of Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, 2Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, National Pulmonary Hypertension Service, London, United Kingdom, 3Department of Rheumatology, The Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, 4National Pulmonary Hypertension Service, The Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, 5Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Radiology, London, United Kingdom, 6Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose:  Pulmonary complications contribute substantially to systemic sclerosis (SSc) associated morbidity and are the most frequent disease-related cause of death. We explore predictors of clinically…
  • Abstract Number: 1746 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Pericardial Effusions Are Not a Poor Prognostic Factor In Systemic Sclerosis Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension

    Elana J. Bernstein1, Jessica K. Gordon2, Wei-Ti Huang3 and Virginia D. Steen4, 1Rheumatology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, 2Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 3Biostatistics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 4Department of Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC

    Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) (defined as a mean pulmonary arterial pressure ≥ 25 mmHg on right heart catheterization) is a leading cause of death in…
  • Abstract Number: 822 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Inhibition Of Casein Kinase II Reduces TGFβ Induced Fibroblast Activation and Ameliorates Experimental Fibrosis

    Yun Zhang, Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Casein kinase-2 (CK2) is a highly conserved serine/threonine kinase. CK2 is a tetramer composed of 2 catalytic subunits (α or α’) and 2 β…
  • Abstract Number: 688 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Minimal Clinically Important Investigations In Systemic Sclerosis

    Jessica Meijs1, Anne A. Schouffoer1, Nina Ajmone Marsan2, Maarten K. Ninaber3 and Tom W.J. Huizinga1, 1Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 2Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 3Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: The optimal management of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a challenge due to the complexity of early diagnosis and identification of patients who are at…
  • Abstract Number: 710 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Optical Density Measure of the Papillary Dermis Discriminates As Abnormal Clinically Uninvolved Skin in Systemic Sclerosis and Correlates with Severity of Skin Thickness

    Giuseppina Abignano1, Sibel Z. Aydin2, Concepcion Castillo-Gallego3, Daniel Woods4, Adam Meekings5, Dennis McGonagle6, Paul Emery7 and Francesco Del Galdo8, 1Chapel Allerton Hospital Leeds Insitute of Molecular medicine, Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine and LMBRU, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2Unit of Rheumatology, Medeniyet University, Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, 3Rheumatology, Hospital La Paz - IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, 4Michelson Diagnostics Ltd, Kent, United Kingdom, 5Michelson Diagnostics Ltd, Kent, United Kingdom, Kent, United Kingdom, 6Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 7Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine and LMBRU, Leeds, United Kingdom, 8Musculoskeletal Diseases, University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine and LMBRU, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Skin involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is often primary outcome in clinical trials and its severity inversely correlates with prognosis. Nevertheless, an objective quantitative…
  • Abstract Number: 92 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Combined Response Index in Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis (CRISS)—Which External Anchors to Use When Developing the Index? Baseline Analysis

    Dinesh Khanna1, Veronica Berrocal2, James R. Seibold3, Peter A. Merkel4, Maureen D. Mayes5, Kristine Phillips6, Robert W. Simms7, Shervin Assassi5, Philip J. Clements8 and Daniel Furst9, 1Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 3Scleroderma Research Consultants LLC, Avon, CT, 4University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 5Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 6Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 7Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 8University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 9Div of Rheumatology, UCLA Medical School, Los Angeles, CA

     Background/Purpose: As part of an NIH sponsored effort to develop a data-driven CRISS, we evaluated the face, content, and construct validity (convergent and discriminant) of…
  • Abstract Number: L3 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Classification Criteria for Systemic Sclerosis: Preliminary Results

    Janet E. Pope1, Dinesh Khanna2, Jaap Fransen3, Sindhu R. Johnson4, Murray Baron5, Alan G. Tyndall6, Marco Matucci-Cerinic7, Raymond P. Naden8, Frank H.J. van den Hoogen9 and ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for Systemic Sclerosis10, 1Medicine/Rheumatology, St. Joseph Health Care London, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, 2Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, 3Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 4Dept of Rheumatology, Toronto Western and Mt. Sinai Hospitals, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5Pavillion A, Rm 216, Lady David Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, 6Rheumatology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 7Department of Biomedicine & Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 8Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, Austria, 9Rheumatology, Rheumatology Centre Sint Maartenskliniek and Radboud university medical center, Ubbergen (Nijmegen), Netherlands, 10Janet Pope, London, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: The existing 1980 classification criteria for systemic sclerosis (SSc) are suboptimal for patients with early SSc and some patients with limited cutaneous SSc (lcSSc)…
  • Abstract Number: 2422 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Sexual Activity and Sexual Functioning Among Women with Systemic Sclerosis Compared to Women From a Population Sample

    Brooke Levis1, Andrea Burri2, Marie Hudson3, Murray Baron4 and Brett D. Thombs5, 1Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College, London, United Kingdom, 3Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Pavillion A, Rm 216, Lady David Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, 5Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc), or scleroderma, is a chronic, multi-system, connective tissue disorder characterized by thickening and fibrosis of the skin and internal organ involvement.…
  • Abstract Number: 2303 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Confirmation of TNIP1 As a Susceptibility Locus for Systemic Sclerosis in a Large Multicentre Study

    Lara Bossini-Castillo1, Jose Ezequiel Martin2, Carmen Pilar Simeon3, Lorenzo Beretta4, Olga Y. Gorlova5, Madelon C. Vonk6, Patricia Carreira7, the Spanish Scleroderma Group8, Annemie Schuerwegh9, Alexandre Voskuyl10, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold11, Roger Hesselstrand12, Annika Nordin13, Claudio Lunardi14, Jaap Van Laar15, Paul Shiels16, Ariane Herrick17, Jane Worthington18, Carmen Fonseca19, Christopher P. Denton19, Shervin Assassi20, Bobby P.C. Koeleman21, Maureen D. Mayes22, T.R.D.J. Radstake23 and Javier Martin1, 1Immunology, Instituto de Parasitologia y Biomedicina Lopez-Neyra (IPBLN-CSIC), Granada, Spain, 2Immunology, Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Armilla (Granada), Spain, 3Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Valle de Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, 4Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy, 5Department of Epidemiology, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 6Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 7Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, 8Granada, Spain, 9Leids Univ Medisch Centrum, Leiden, Netherlands, 10Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 11Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 12Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 13Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 14Department of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy, 15Rheumatology, Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, Netherlands, 16University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 17Musculoskeletal Research Group, University of Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom, 18Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 19Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, 20Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 21Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 22Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 23Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis or scleroderma (SSc) is a complex autoimmune disorder that affects the connective tissue causing fibrosis in the skin and different internal organs.…
  • Abstract Number: 2295 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Caveolin-1 Deficiency Induces Spontaneous Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EndoMT) in Murine Pulmonary Endothelial Cells in Vitro

    Zhaodong Li1, Peter J. Wermuth2, Bryan Benn2, Michael P. Lisanti3 and Sergio A. Jimenez2, 1Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Division of Connective Tissue Diseases and Scleroderma Center,Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 2Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Division of Connective Tissue Diseases and Scleroderma Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 3Jefferson Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Center, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

    Background/Purpose: Recent studies demonstrated that the phenotypic transition of endothelial cells (EC) into activated mesenchymal cells, a process known an endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndoMT), may be…
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