Abstract Number: 2511 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Clinically Isolated Aortitis
Background/Purpose: Clinically Isolated Aortitis (CIA) is a type of vasculitis affecting the aorta in the absence of systemic vasculitis, rheumatic disease, or infection. Most patients…Abstract Number: 0030 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Impact of Treadmill Exercise on Various Stages of Osteoarthritis Progression in a Murine Osteoarthritis Model
Background/Purpose: Evidence supports the benefits of exercise on joint health and its protective effects against osteoarthritis (OA) progression [Allen J, A&R, 2010]. However, most animal…Abstract Number: 1037 • ACR Convergence 2024
Recommendations for the Perioperative Use of DMARDs in Rheumatic Diseases: A Scoping Review
Background/Purpose: The use of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in the treatment of autoimmune rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), has significantly improved disease and functional…Abstract Number: 1363 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prevalence and Predictors of Orthopaedic Surgery in Rheumatoid Arthritis After 12-Years’ Follow-Up (ESPOIR Cohort)
Background/Purpose: In the 1990s, surgery was a frequent and early step in the management of rheumatoid arthritis. Since treat to target strategy and the advent…Abstract Number: 1565 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Lower Extremities Arterial Disease in Systemic Sclerosis: Preliminary Data from a Single Centre Multidisciplinary Study
Background/Purpose: Microvascular changes represent a key step of pathogenic process in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). However, SSc has been demonstrated to carry an increased risk of…Abstract Number: 2218 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association Between Frailty and Peri-Operative Inpatient Adverse Outcomes Among Patients with and Without Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Frailty is a state reflecting a reduced physiologic reserve. There is accumulating literature on the prevalence and clinical significance of frailty in Rheumatoid Arthritis…Abstract Number: 2376 • ACR Convergence 2024
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients Exhibit Dynamic Changes in Disease-Associated Transcripts Following Total Knee or Total Hip Arthroplasty
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) undergoing total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty (THA and TKA) experience higher complication rates than osteoarthritis (OA)…Abstract Number: 2394 • ACR Convergence 2024
Perioperative Stress Dose vs Therapeutic Dose Comparison: One-Month Postoperative Outcomes in Moderate and Major Surgeries for Systemic Lupus Erythematous and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Major and moderate surgeries are more common in patients with autoimmune diseases. However, there is limited data available regarding the use of standard doses…Abstract Number: 0641 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Evaluation of Lower Extremities Arterial Disease in Systemic Sclerosis Patients Through Rheumatologist-Vascular Surgeon Multidisciplinary Management: Preliminary Data from an Italian Single Center Study
Background/Purpose: The occurrence of lower limbs macrovascular complications configuring lower extremities arterial disease (LEAD) has been reported in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) patients. Recently, digital ulcers…Abstract Number: 1556 • ACR Convergence 2023
Abdominal Surgical Interventions Among Patients with Gastrointestinal Involvement of Behçet Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Gastrointestinal involvement of Behçet's syndrome (GIBS) may require surgery in up to one third of the patients. We aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics,…Abstract Number: 1808 • ACR Convergence 2023
Tobacco Smoking Reduces the Incidence and Delays the Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis: 10-year Retrospective Cohort Study Based on Korea National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Database
Background/Purpose: There are conflicting results about relationship between smoking and incidence of knee osteoarthritis (OA). The effect of smoking to preexisting knee OA has also…Abstract Number: 2557 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinicopathologic Features of Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis and Thoracic Aorta Repair: A Single Center Experience over Two Decades
Background/Purpose: Patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) are at increased risk of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection. This late complication of the disease is presumed…Abstract Number: 2558 • ACR Convergence 2023
Aortic Aneurysms in a Multicenter Cohort of 196 Patients with Aortitis Related to Giant Cell Arteritis Treated with Tocilizumab
Background/Purpose: Aortic aneurysms is a serious complication that can occur in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) (1-2). Tocilizumab (TCZ) is approved for GCA. Nevertheless,…Abstract Number: 054 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Craniofacial Localized Scleroderma: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort
Background/Purpose: Craniofacial localized scleroderma (LS) can lead to disfigurement and severe extracutaneous manifestations (ECMs). There is an ongoing need to standardize multidisciplinary evaluation and care.…Abstract Number: 0837 • ACR Convergence 2022
Providers’ Adoption of 2017 Guidelines on DMARD Use Perioperatively for Elective Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty at a Single Academic Center
Background/Purpose: Rate of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is higher in patients with rheumatic conditions than in patients with OA. Our…