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Abstracts tagged "scleroderma and thrombin inhibitors"

  • Abstract Number: 791 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Safety and Suitability of a Direct Thrombin Inhibitor, Dabigatran Etexilate, in Scleroderma-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD) Patients

    Rick Silver1, Ilia Atanelishvili2, Tanjina Akter2, Kelley Kajdasz3, Dulaney Wilson4, Paul J. Nietert5, J. Terrill Huggins6, Kristin B. Highland7 and Galina S. Bogatkevich2, 1Rheumatology, Medical University of SC, Charleston, SC, 2Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 3Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 4Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 5Public Health Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 6Pulmonology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 7Rheumatology.org, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

    Background/Purpose: Studies from our laboratory and others have shown thrombin to be a fibrogenic mediator implicated in the pathogenesis of ILD, including scleroderma-associated ILD (SSc-ILD).…

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