Abstract Number: 0493 • ACR Convergence 2023
Axial Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis Is Higher in Patients with Carotid Plaque
Background/Purpose: Approximately half of the patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) present with axial disease. Previously, it was reported that PsA-patients with axial involvement present a…Abstract Number: 0494 • ACR Convergence 2023
Levels of Atherosclerotic Index of Plasma and Triglyceride Glucose Index in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Carotid Plaque
Background/Purpose: Triglyceride Glucose Index (TyG) is a surrogate marker positively correlated with atherosclerotic burden in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Atherosclerotic index of plasma (AIP)…Abstract Number: 0496 • ACR Convergence 2023
Higher Values of Atherogenic Index of Plasma Are Correlated with Increased Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: The atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) is a predictor of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis,…Abstract Number: 0580 • ACR Convergence 2023
Performance of Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Scores in Identifying Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Role of conventional risk scores which predict cardiovascular events, to…Abstract Number: 0585 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Impact of Impaired Vagus Nerve Activity and Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) on Arterial Stiffness in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease with an increased risk of atherosclerosis. The development of atherosclerosis in SLE cannot be…Abstract Number: 2106 • ACR Convergence 2023
Evaluation of the Construct of Constitutional Stiffness (CS) in Anti-CCP-Antibody-Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis (ACPA+RA) and Controls
Background/Purpose: The risk of developing ACPA+RA, predictors of severity and causes of excess cardiovascular disease (CVD) are incompletely understood. We have observed that RA patients…Abstract Number: 1557 • ACR Convergence 2022
Microvascular Involvement in Behçet’s Disease: Study of Nailfold Capillaroscopy in Patients from a National Referral Center
Background/Purpose: Ocular and mucocutaneous manifestations of Behçet's disease (BD) are globally recognized and widely studied [Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Dec;71(12):2081-2089, Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020 Sep-Oct;38 Suppl…Abstract Number: 1596 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Role of Coronary Calcium Screening in Patients with Lupus Who Appear to Be at Low Cardiovascular Risk
Background/Purpose: Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) are at elevated cardiovascular risk. However, common risk calculators such as the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk estimator…Abstract Number: 1608 • ACR Convergence 2022
Vascular Effect of Treat to Target in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients – A 5-year Prospective Study
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis driven by chronic inflammation. We have previously reported that achieving sustained disease activity score 28 (DAS28)…Abstract Number: 0805 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rheumatic Fever and Streptococcal Cutaneous Infection: A Case-control Study in the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
Background/Purpose: Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) remain major public health problems in the South Pacific. Triggering by group A beta hemolytic…Abstract Number: 1216 • ACR Convergence 2022
Subclinical Vascular Disease Is More Prevalent in above-30 Adult Fibromyalgia: A Preliminary Report of a Hospital-based Cross-sectional Study from South India
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is known to be associated with cardiovascular events and mortality. We aimed to compare the prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis (SAT), a surrogate marker…Abstract Number: 1240 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy for the Diagnosis of Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Background/Purpose: Autopsy reports for patients with sarcoidosis have suggested that up to 25% have cardiac involvement, mostly undiagnosed. Given the limited diagnostic accuracy of endomyocardial…Abstract Number: 0272 • ACR Convergence 2021
RA Disease Activity Is an Independent Predictor of Left Ventricular Mass Changes in an RA Cohort Without Cardiovascular Disease
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have 50% increased risk of heart failure (HF) vs non-RA patients with a distinct phenotype, preserved ejection fraction on transthoracic…Abstract Number: 0274 • ACR Convergence 2021
Angiopoietin-Like Protein 4, Apolipoprotein C3 and Lipoprotein Lipase Axis in the Abnormal Lipid Profile of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Relation to Subclinical Atheromatosis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increase in cardiovascular (CV) risk, attributed, among other factors, to the existence of an abnormal lipid profile.…Abstract Number: 0277 • ACR Convergence 2021
Best Cardiovascular Risk Algorithm to Predict Abnormalities in Left Ventricular Geometry in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Background/Purpose: A relationship between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the presence of abnormalities in left ventricular (LV) geometry such as eccentric remodeling has recently been determined,…
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