Abstract Number: 1728 • ACR Convergence 2021
Takayasu’s Arteritis and Pregnancy: A Meta-analysis
Background/Purpose: Takayasu’s arteritis is a systemic autoimmune disease characterised by large vessel vasculitis. It usually affects women of childbearing age, with 90% of patients diagnosed…Abstract Number: 1862 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clonal Hematopoiesis Across the Age Spectrum in Patients with Systemic Vasculitis
Background/Purpose: Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) is a pre-malignant state characterized by somatic mutations in hematologic precursor cells in genes associated with myeloid malignancies. Incidence of CH…Abstract Number: 1864 • ACR Convergence 2021
18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/MRI as an Alternative Hybrid Imaging Modality: Comparative Study in a Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort of Patients with Large-Vessel Vasculitis
Background/Purpose: Imaging modalities play an important role in the diagnosis and management of patients with large-vessel vasculitis (LVV). Use of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography…Abstract Number: 1867 • ACR Convergence 2021
Investigating Adenosine Deaminase 2 Activity in Large Vessel Vasculitis
Background/Purpose: Deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2) leads to a broad phenotype that in some resembles polyarteritis nodosa with fever and rash, but in others…Abstract Number: 1874 • ACR Convergence 2021
Using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography to Standardize Clinical Trial Recruitment in Takayasu’s Arteritis
Background/Purpose: Disease activity assessment can be challenging in Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK), which can lead to difficulty in determining eligibility for enrollment into randomized clinical trials…Abstract Number: 1877 • ACR Convergence 2021
Takayasu Arteritis Patients with Tuberculosis Have Unique Clinical Characteristics
Background/Purpose: Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) is an idiopathic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the aorta and its major branches. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is prevalent in developing countries and…Abstract Number: 1878 • ACR Convergence 2021
Tocilizumab in Caucasian Patients with Takayasu Arteritis: Multicenter Study of 54 Patients
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) has shown to be effective for large vessel vasculitis including Takayasu arteritis (TAK) (1-3). Most evidence in TAK comes from Asian patients.…Abstract Number: 1882 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Characteristics and Reliability of a Self-Reported Diagnosis of Large-Vessel Vasculitis
Background/Purpose: To compare the clinical characteristics and determine the reliability of a self-reported diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) or Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) from an…Abstract Number: 1886 • ACR Convergence 2021
Validation of Angiographic Patterns of Disease in a Turkish Cohort of Patients with Takayasu’s Arteritis
Background/Purpose: Previous studies using computer-driven methods have identified subsets of patients with Takayasu’s arteritis based on angiographic patterns of disease. These subsets were consistent between…Abstract Number: 1692 • ACR Convergence 2020
Poor Physical Activity Levels and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Among Patients with Childhood-Onset Takayasu Arteritis in Remission
Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset Takayasu Arteritis (c-TA) is a rare, granulomatous, chronic large-vessel vasculitis that involves mostly the aorta and its major branches with a high mortality…Abstract Number: 1922 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of Leukocyte Populations in Peripheral Blood and Arterial Wall Inflammation Assessed by FDG-PET in Takayasu’s Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis
Background/Purpose: Positron emission tomography (PET) is useful to demonstrate fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in the large arteries in both Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) and giant cell arteritis…Abstract Number: 1923 • ACR Convergence 2020
Angiographic Progression of Disease in Large-Vessel Vasculitis
Background/Purpose: Angiography is essential to detect vascular disease in patients with large-vessel vasculitis (LVV). Guidelines differ on the role of periodic angiography to monitor patients…Abstract Number: 0412 • ACR Convergence 2020
2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Patients with Large-Vessels Vasculitis: Single-centre Experience in Paris
Background/Purpose: Advanced age and cardiovascular diseases are recognized as major comorbidities associated with severe forms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute…Abstract Number: 0418 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence of Thyroid Disease Among Patients with Vasculitis
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have reported higher risk of thyroid disease in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) compared to age- and…Abstract Number: 0428 • ACR Convergence 2020
Enrichment of Clinical Trial Recruitment Using Advanced Molecular Imaging in Takayasu’s Arteritis
Background/Purpose: Definitions of disease activity are not standardized in Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK), which can lead to difficulty in determining whether a patient should be enrolled…