ultrasonography and vasculitis Archives

Abstract Number: 781 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
A Patient Based Reliability Exercise of Omeract Ultrasound Definitions in Giant Cell Arteritis
Valentin S. Schäfer¹, Stavros Chrysidis², Christian Dejaco³, Christina Duftner⁴, Annamaria Iagnocco⁵, George A. W. Bruyn⁶, Greta Carrara⁷, MA D'Agostino⁸, Eugenio De Miguel⁹, Andreas P Diamantopoulos¹⁰, Ulrich Fredberg¹¹, Wolfgang Hartung¹², Alojzija Hočevar¹³, Tanaz A. Kermani¹⁴, Matthew J. Koster¹⁵, Tove Lorenzen¹⁶, Pierluigi Macchioni¹⁷, Marcin Milchert¹⁸, Uffe Møller Døhn¹⁹, Chetan Mukhtyar²⁰, Cristina Ponte²¹, Sofia Ramiro²², Carlo Alberto Scirè²³, Lene Terslev²⁴, Kenneth J. Warrington¹⁵, Bhaskar Dasgupta²⁵ and Wolfgang A. Schmidt²⁶, ¹Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southwest Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark, ³Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Division of Internal Medicine II, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁵Academic Rheumatology Unit, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology, MC Groep, Loenga, Netherlands, ⁷Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milano, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology, Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines University, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ⁹Medicine, Universidad Autonoma Madrid, MADRID, Spain, ¹⁰Martina Hansens Hospital, Bærum, Oslo, Norway, ¹¹Diagnostic Centre, Silkeborg Regional Hospital, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark, ¹²Department of Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Medical Center, 93077 Bad Abbach, Germany, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁴Rheumatology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁶Diagnostic Centre, Region Hospital Silkeborg, Silkeborg, Denmark, ¹⁷Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹⁸Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin,, Szczecin, Poland, ¹⁹Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Glostrup, Denmark, ²⁰Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom, ²¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria - Centro Hospital Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal, ²²Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ²³Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy, ²⁴Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²⁵Rheumatology, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Southend, UK, Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom, ²⁶Medical Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: To test the reliability of recently established consensus-based ultrasound definitions for normal and vasculitic temporal and axillary arteries in patients with giant cell arteritis…
Abstract Number: 857 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Ultrasound Cut-Off Values for Intima-Media Thickness of Temporal, Facial and Axillary Arteries in Giant Cell Arteritis
Valentin S. Schäfer¹, Aaron Juche², Sofia Ramiro³, Andreas Krause² and Wolfgang A. Schmidt⁴, ¹Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ²Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Medical Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Abstract Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) is increasingly used in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). US findings mainly rely on morphology (“halo-sign” and “compression sign”).…
Abstract Number: 1959 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Color Doppler Ultrasonography Appears to Perform Better Than Magnetic Resonance Angiography in the Diagnostics of Patients with Systemic Large Vessel Vasculitis
Andreas P Diamantopoulos^1,2, Julia Geiger³, Frode Lohne⁴, Geirmund Myklebust⁵ and Wolfgang A. Schmidt⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, ²Rheumatology, Haugesund Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Haugesund, Norway, ³Department of Radiology, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Radiology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand, Norway, ⁶Medical Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Color Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) and Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) has been extensively used in the diagnostics of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) [giant cell arteritis…

Abstracts tagged "ultrasonography and vasculitis"

A Patient Based Reliability Exercise of Omeract Ultrasound Definitions in Giant Cell Arteritis

Ultrasound Cut-Off Values for Intima-Media Thickness of Temporal, Facial and Axillary Arteries in Giant Cell Arteritis

Color Doppler Ultrasonography Appears to Perform Better Than Magnetic Resonance Angiography in the Diagnostics of Patients with Systemic Large Vessel Vasculitis