Abstracts tagged "Ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 0235 • ACR Convergence 2022
Procedure-Based Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Curriculum for Rheumatology Fellows
Ann Chodara¹, Sara McCoy¹ and Jon Arnason², ¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound is an important training tool in rheumatology fellowship. The University of Wisconsin rheumatology fellowship has offered musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) training as a…
Abstract Number: 1233 • ACR Convergence 2022
Ultrasound Is Reliable in the Assessment of Muscle Echogenicity in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: Results of a Multicenter International Web-based Study
Andrea Di Matteo¹, Erica Moscioni², Maria Giovanna Lommano¹, Edoardo Cipolletta¹, Gianluca Smerilli¹, Sonia Farah¹, Carla Airoldi³, Sibel Aydin⁴, Becciolini Andrea⁵, Karina Bonfiglioli⁶, Marina Carotti⁷, Greta Carrara⁸, Tomas Cazenave⁹, Davide Corradini¹⁰, Micaela Ana Cosatti¹¹, Juan Josè de Agustin¹², Giulia Maria Destro Castaniti¹³, Marco Di Carlo¹, Eleonora Di Donato⁵, Luca Di geso¹⁴, Ashley Elliott¹⁵, Daniela Fodor¹⁶, Francesca Francioso¹, Alessandra Gabba¹⁷, Cristina Hernández-Díaz¹⁸, Rudolf Horvath¹⁹, Jana Hurnakova¹⁹, Diogo Jesus²⁰, Josefina Marin²¹, Maria Victoria Martire²², Riccardo Mashadi-Mirza²³, Marco Massarotti²⁴, Alice Andreea Musca²⁵, Jagdish Nair²⁶, Tadashi Okano²⁷, Ioannis Papalopoulos²⁸, Javier Eduardo Rosa²¹, Marcos Rosemffet²⁹, João Rovisco³⁰, Davide Rozza⁸, Fausto Salaffi¹, Crescenzio Scioscia³¹, Carlo Alberto Scirè⁸, Maria-Magdalena Tamas³², Shun Tanimura³³, Lucio Ventura-Rios¹⁸, Catalina Villota-Eraso³⁴, Orlando Villota³⁵, Paraksevi V Voulgari³⁶, Florentin Ananu Vreju³⁷, Gentiana Vukatana³⁷, Johana Zacariaz Hereter²¹, Anna Zanetti⁸, Walter Grassi¹ and Emilio Filippucci¹, ¹Polytechnic University of Marche, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, "Carlo Urbani" Hospital, Jesi, Italy, ²Polytechnic University of Marche, Jesi, Italy, ³Hospital Provincial, Rosario, Argentina, ⁴University of Ottawa, Rheumatology, Ottawa, Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁵Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy, ⁶Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁷Department of Radiology, Ospedali Riuniti, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, ⁸Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society of Rheumatology, Milano, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology Unit, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁰Rheumatology Unit, University Clinic AOU Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, ¹¹CEMIC, Centro de educación médica e investigaciones médicas "Norberto Quirno", Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹²Vall D'hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Rheumatology section, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, ¹⁴Ospedale Madonna del Soccorso, Department of Internal Medicine, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy, ¹⁵Centre for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, ¹⁶2nd Internal Medicine Department, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, ¹⁷Local Health Unit (ASL), Oristano, Italy, ¹⁸Division de Reumatologia. Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion "Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra", Ciudad de México, Mexico, ¹⁹Department of Paediatric and Adult Rheumatology, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic, ²⁰Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leira, Portugal, ²¹Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²²San Roque Hospital, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²³Radiology Department, A.O. Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Pesaro, Italy, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, United Kingdom, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology - Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ²⁶Rheumatology, Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²⁷Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ²⁸Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece, ²⁹Rheumatology Unit, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Capital Federal, Argentina, ³⁰Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ³¹Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantations-Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ³²Department of Rheumatology, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, ³³Rheumatology Department, Hokkaido Medical Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Sapporo, Japan, ³⁴IPS Servicio integral de reumatología e inmunología Dr Orlando Villota, Pasto, Colombia, ³⁵Division of Rheumatology, Fundación Hospital San Pedro, Pasto, Colombia, ³⁶Department of Rheumatology, School of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, ³⁷Rheumatology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania, ³⁷Rheumatology Unit; IRCCS Policlinico S. Orsola Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
Background/Purpose: Studies have showed that an increased ultrasound (US) muscle echogenicity indicating fatty replacement/fibrosis of muscle tissue may represent an early indicator of muscle involvement associated…
Abstract Number: 1534 • ACR Convergence 2022
Blood Flow Assessment of Digital Arterioles and Capillaries in Systemic Sclerosis Patients Using Ultra-high Resolution Doppler Ultrasounds
Pietro Francesco Bica¹, Riccardo Picasso², Federico Pistoia², Federico Zaottini², Sara Sanguinetti², Francesca Bovis³, Marta Ponzano³, Carmen Pizzorni¹, sabrina Paolino¹, Alberto Sulli¹, Emanuele Gotelli¹, Carlo Martinoli² and Maurizio Cutolo¹, ¹Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genova, Italy, ²Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genova, Genova, Italy - IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genova, Italy, ³Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic connective tissue disease, characterized by the early occurrence of vasculopathy [1], easily detected by nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) [2].…
Abstract Number: 2116 • ACR Convergence 2022
Assessment of the Ultrasound and Clinical Response to Apremilast Using a Joint-periarticular-nail Ultrasound Index and Clinical Evaluation in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis
Juan Josè de Agustin¹, Gustavo Añez¹, delia reina², Sergi Heredia³, Felipe Julio Ramirez Garcia⁴, Andrea Cuervo⁵, Jesus Rodriguez⁶, Carmen Moragues⁶, Patricia Moya⁷, Mireia Moreno⁸, Marta Arévalo⁸, Manel Pujol⁹, Georgina Salvador⁹, Noemi Busquets¹⁰, andres Ponce¹⁰, Ana Maria Laiz Alonso⁷ and MAria Pascual Pastor¹¹, ¹Vall D'hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ²Complex Hospitalari Moisès Broggi, Sant Joan Despí, Catalonia, Spain, ³Complex Hospitalari Moisès Broggi, Sant Joan Despi, Catalonia, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Clínico y Provincial de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospital Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁷Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario MútuaTerrassa, Terrassa, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital General de Granollers, Granollers, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory disease involving joint and enthesis disease. Ultrasound (US) has demonstrated its useful tool for the diagnosis of…
Abstract Number: 0236 • ACR Convergence 2022
What Ultrasound Skills Can Be Learned Before Laying Hands on a Probe? Results of a Pilot Study of a Hybrid Online and in Person Curriculum to Teach Rheumatology Focused Knee Ultrasonography Skills to Internal Medicine Residents
Andrew Long¹, Norman Madsen², William Novak¹, Homaira Rahimi³ and Bethany Marston³, ¹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester, NY, Rochester, NY, ³University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Developing competence in musculoskeletal point of care ultrasound (MSK POCUS) involves mastery of 3 key domains: image acquisition, image interpretation, and incorporation of findings…
Abstract Number: 1234 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characterizing Imaging Phenotypes in PsA: The Effect of Age and Sex
Lihi Eder¹ and Kangping Cui², ¹Women’s College Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSK-US) provides valuable information on disease phenotype in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). While age and sex are important determinants of health, limited information…
Abstract Number: 1579 • ACR Convergence 2022
The TICOG Study: Tight Control of Gout – A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Targeted versus Conventional Treatment for Gout Including Ultrasonography
Sarah Black, Natalie McKee, Jonathan McKnight, Annmarie McShane, Adrian Pendleton, Taggart Alister and Gary Wright, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Gout is a common inflammatory arthritis triggered by deposition of monosodium urate crystals in joints, bone and soft tissues, with a prevalence of 1-4%…
Abstract Number: 2141 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Well Does Ultrasound-assessed Synovitis in Reduced Joint Sets Predict the Response to Secukinumab in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis and Inadequate Response to Conventional DMARDs? – Exploratory Results from a Phase 3b Study
Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino¹, Philip G Conaghan², Corine Gaillez³, Esperanza Naredo⁴, Peter mandl⁵, Philippe Carron⁶, Ladislav Šenolt⁷, Javier Eduardo Rosa⁸, Alejandra Lopez Rdz⁹, Punit Goyanka¹⁰, Braja Gopal Sahoo¹⁰, Weibin Bao¹¹, Georg Schett¹² and Maarten Boers¹³, ¹Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Roma, Italy, ²University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and Complutense University, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria, ⁶Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁷Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁸Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁹Dermatológico Country, PSOAPS Psoriasis Clinical and Research Centre, Guadalajara, Mexico, ¹⁰Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India, ¹¹Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ¹²Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹³Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) allows the visualization of morphological and inflammatory changes of the synovium. The ULTIMATE study (NCT02662985) was the first large, randomized,…
Abstract Number: 0466 • ACR Convergence 2022
Assessment of Probability Scores to Predict Giant Cell Arteritis
Chadi Sargi¹, Stephanie Ducharme-Benard², Valerie Benard³, Rosalie-Selene Meunier⁴, Carolyn Ross⁵ and Jean-Paul Makhzoum⁶, ¹University of Montreal, Laval, Canada, ²Hopital Sacre-Coeur, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³University of Montreal, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada, ⁴Hopital Sacre-Coeur, Universite de Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁶Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common primary vasculitis but remains challenging to diagnose. In the past years, many probability tools have been…
Abstract Number: 1237 • ACR Convergence 2022
Assessment of Common Femoral Vein Intima-Media Thickness by Ultrasound in Behçet’s Disease: Comparative Study of Patients with or Without Vascular Involvement in a National Referral Center
Diana Prieto-Peña¹, Alfonso del Peral-Fanjul², Belén Atienza-Mateo¹, Veronica Pulito-Cueto¹, Miguel Ángel González-Gay³ and Ricardo Blanco⁴, ¹Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, Spain, ³Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Clinical vascular involvement is present in up to 40% of patients with Behçet’s disease (BD). Increased venous wall thickness assessed with ultrasound (US) has…
Abstract Number: 1581 • ACR Convergence 2022
Presence of Sonographic Crystal Deposits and Power-Doppler Signal in Patients with Gout Fulfilling Remission Criteria: A Multicenter Study
Nalia Domínguez-Lirón¹, Eugenio De Miguel², Agustín Martínez-Sanchis³, Diana Peiteado², Blanca Garcia-Magallon⁴, Esther Vicente-Rabaneda⁵, Enrique Calvo⁶, Basilio Rodríguez⁷, Alejandro Prada⁸, Boris Anthony Blanco Cáceres⁹, José Antonio Bernal¹⁰, Francisca Sivera¹¹, Santos Castañeda⁵, Sonia Mínguez⁷, Laura Barrio⁸, Mónica Vázquez-Díaz⁹, José Miguel Senabre¹², Cristina Bohorquez¹³ and Mariano Andrès³, ¹Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ³Dr Balmis Alicante General University Hospital-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitaria De Manresa, Manresa, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de Torrejon, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Marina Baixa (Villajoyosa), Alicante, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de Elda, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain, ¹²Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa, Spain, ¹³University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Immune System Diseases-Rheumatology Service, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The applicability of the preliminary remission criteria for gout [PMID 26414176] in clinical practice is unknown. This study evaluates the sonographic prevalence of monosodium…
Abstract Number: 2205 • ACR Convergence 2022
Non-Invasive in Vivo Metabolic Profiling of Inflammation in Joints and Entheses by Optoacoustic Imaging
Koray Tascilar¹, Filippo Fagni², Arnd Kleyer¹, Sara Bayat², Robert Heidemann³, Florian Steiger³, Gerhard Kroenke¹, Daniela Bohr⁴, Andreas Ramming¹, Melek Yalcin Mutlu³, Ioanna Minopoulou³, Fabian Hartmann³, Daniel Klett⁵, Anna Federle⁵, Adrian Regensburger⁶, Alexandra L. Wagner⁶, Ferdinand Knieling⁶, Markus Neurath⁵, Georg Schett⁷, Maximilian Waldner⁵ and David Simon¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²University Hospital Erlangen; Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ³University Hospital Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵University Hospital Erlangen; Department of Internal Medicine 1 - Gastroenterology, Pulmonology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶University Hospital Erlangen; Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: For individuals with inflammatory arthritis, a detailed metabolic characterization of joints and entheses at the tissue level can aid in early diagnosis and treatment…
Abstract Number: 0468 • ACR Convergence 2022
Ultrasound Wall Thickness in the Differential Diagnosis of Atherosclerosis and Large Vessel Giant Cell Arteritis
Eugenio De Miguel¹, Jose Maria Mostaza², Carlos Lahoz², Juan Molina³, Elisa Fernandez-Fernandez¹ and Irene Monjo⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis in the elderly and large vessel involvement (LV-GCA) occurs in up to 50% of cases.…
Abstract Number: 1238 • ACR Convergence 2022
Can Thermal Imaging Help Clarify Joint Inflammation at Clinically Quiescent Metacarpophalangeal Joints in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis?
York Kiat Tan, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) is superior to clinical examination and can be used for more accurate assessment of joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, it…
Abstract Number: 1619 • ACR Convergence 2022
Silent Giant Cell Arteritis in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Characteristics and Peculiarities
Eugenio De Miguel¹, PIERLUIGI MACCHIONI², Edoardo Conticini³, Corrado Campochiaro⁴, Rositsa Karalilova⁵, Sara Monti⁶, Cristina Ponte⁷, Giulia Klinowski², Irene Monjo⁸, Paolo Paolo Falsetti³, Anastas Batalov⁹, alessandro tomelleri⁴ and Alojzija Hocevar¹⁰, ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²IRCCS-S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ⁴IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy, ⁵Medical University of Plovdiv, University Hospital Kaspela, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁶Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ⁷Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte EPE, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁸Hospital Universitario La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ¹⁰University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are closely related diseases. PMR occurs in approximately 50 % of patients with GCA. In a…

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