Abstracts tagged "Ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 1358 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clusters of Psoriatic Arthritis Patients at Baseline Based on Different Ultrasound Detected Synovitis: Exploratory Analysis from a Phase III Study
Maria Antonietta D'Agostino¹, Georg Schett², Corine Gaillez³, Philip Conaghan⁴, Esperanza Naredo⁵, Philippe Carron⁶, Ruben Burgos-Vargas⁷, Peter Mandl⁸, Javier Rosa⁹, Maarten Boers¹⁰, Punit Goyanka¹¹, Weibin Bao¹² and David Demanse³, ¹Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Gemelli”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ²Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ³Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Ghent, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, General Hospital of Mexico, Ciudad de Mxico, Mexico, ⁸Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁹Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medical Services, and University Institute, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁰Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹¹Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, India, ¹²Novartis, East Hanover, NJ
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is characterized by inflammation of synovial membranes and entheseal sites leading to pain, structural damage, impairment of physical function and quality…
Abstract Number: 0153 • ACR Convergence 2021
Echogenic and Hypervascular Synovium Detected on Ultrasound Are Predictive of a Favorable Response After Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
Robert Dima¹, Trevor Birmingham², Ryan Pinto³, Holly Philpott¹, McKenzie Carter¹ and Tom Appleton², ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³Western University, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Intra-articular corticosteroids (IACS) are commonly used for symptom management in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients, despite the fact that many patients do not respond to…
Abstract Number: 0412 • ACR Convergence 2021
Prevalence, Distribution, Clinical Correlates and Outcomes of Upper Extremity Macrovascular Disease in Systemic Sclerosis: Results from a Single Center Referral Cohort (2001-2018)
Ashima Makol¹, Caitrin Coffey¹, Tina Gunderson¹, Alicia Hinze¹, Yasser Radwan², Cynthia Crowson³, David Liedl¹, Kenneth Warrington¹ and Paul Wennberg¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, ³Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN
Background/Purpose: To study the prevalence, anatomical distribution, clinical correlates and outcomes of macrovascular disease (MVD) on duplex ultrasound (US) of the upper extremity in Systemic…
Abstract Number: 1360 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ultrasound Demonstrates Continued Improvement in Psoriatic Arthritis Synovitis and Enthesitis with Secukinumab: 52-week Results from a Phase III Study
Maria Antonietta D'Agostino¹, Georg Schett², Corine Gaillez³, Carlos Guerrero⁴, PETRA HANOVA⁵, Tomas Cazenave⁶, Maria S. Stoenoiu⁷, Marina Backhaus⁸, Gael Mouterde⁹, Maarten Boers¹⁰, Anne-Marie Duggan¹¹, Punit Goyanka¹² and Philip Conaghan¹³, ¹Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Gemelli”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ²Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ³Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴Dermatologico Country, Jalisco, Mexico, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofisica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁷Rheumatology department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Park-Klinik Weissensee Academic Hospital of the Charité, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology department, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ¹⁰Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, and Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹¹Novartis Ireland Limited, Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, ¹²Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, India, ¹³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) is a sensitive non-invasive imaging tool to visualize a wide range of articular and periarticular inflammation in psoriatic arthritis (PsA).1,2…
Abstract Number: 0156 • ACR Convergence 2021
Tenosynovitis Detected by Power Doppler Ultrasound: A Differential Feature of Patients with Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis
Einer Sanchez Prado¹, Santiago Ruta², Laura Cuellar¹, Sebastian Magri³ and Rodrigo Garcia Salinas⁴, ¹Hospital Italiano La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ²Hospital San Martin de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ³Hospital Italiano La Plata, La Plata, ⁴Hospital Italiano de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Background/Purpose: It is known that seronegative rheumatoid arthritis has different characteristics from seropositive RA. Objectives: To estimate the frequency of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a…
Abstract Number: 0466 • ACR Convergence 2021
Subclinical Large Vessel Vasculitis in Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Eugenio De Miguel¹, Pierluigi Macchioni², Edoardo Conticini³, Corrado Campochiaro⁴, Rositsa Karalilova⁵, Giulia Klinowski², Paolo Falsetti³, Irene Monjo⁶, Alessandro Tomelleri⁷, Zguro Batalov⁵ and Alojzija Hocevar⁸, ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²Department of Rheumatology, IRCCS-S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ⁴Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR). San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan. Italy, Milan, Italy, ⁵Medical University of Plovdiv, University Hospital Kaspela, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁶Hospital La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR). San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁸UKC Ljubjana, Ljubjana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are closely related diseases. PMR occurs in approximately 50 % of GCA patients1, however the frequency…
Abstract Number: 1394 • ACR Convergence 2021
Vascular Ultrasound for Giant Cell Arteritis: An Effective Diagnostic Modality for a Fast Track Clinic in the United States
Charlie Oshinsky¹, Alison Bays¹, Ingeborg Sacksen², Elizabeth Jernberg³, Eugene zierler¹, Andreas Diamantopoulos⁴ and Scott Pollock¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington, Bellingham, WA, ³Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ⁴Akerhus University Hospital, Brum, Norway
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of large vessel vasculitis. Prompt diagnosis and treatment of GCA is vital to prevent vision…
Abstract Number: 0163 • ACR Convergence 2021
Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis in Spain: Data from the ARTESER Registry
Eugenio De Miguel¹, Jesús T. Sánchez-Costa², Javier Narvaez³, Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay⁴, Noemí Garrido-Puñal⁵, Paula V. Estrada-Alarcon⁶, Iñigo Hernández-Rodríguez⁷, Elisa Fernández-Fernández⁸, María T. Silva-Diaz⁹, Jesús A. Valero-Jaimes¹⁰, Ismael González-Fernández¹¹, Julio Sánchez¹², Judit Lluch¹³, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹⁴, Javier Mendizábal-Mateos¹⁵, Luis Rodriguez Rodriguez¹⁶, Javier Loricera García¹⁷, Alejandro Muñoz¹⁸, Santos Castañeda¹⁹, Patricia Moya²⁰, Patricia Morán-Álvarez²¹, Vanessa A. Navarro-Angeles⁶, Joan Calvet-Fontova²², Ivette Casafont²³, Francisco Ortiz-Sanjuán²⁴, Selene Labrada-Arrabal²⁵, Cristina Campos-Fernández²⁶, María Alcalde-Villar²⁷, Antonio Juan-Mas²⁸ and Ricardo Blanco²⁹, ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁵Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ⁶Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi. Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de La Coruña, Coruña, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia-San Sebasti, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitari Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁵H. Navarra, Navarra, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevial, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²²Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Spain, ²³Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Badalona, Spain, ²⁴H. La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ²⁵Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁶Consorci Hospital General Universitari de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: To standardize research studies different classification systems are used. Currently, the ACR Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) 19901 classification criteria is probably the most widely…
Abstract Number: 0793 • ACR Convergence 2021
Contributing Factors of Good Outcome in Difficult-to-treat Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multicenter RA Ultrasound Prospective Observational Cohort Study in Japan
Shin-ya Kawashiri¹, Tohru Michitsuji¹, Yushiro Endo¹, Ayako Nishino¹, Toshimasa Shimizu¹, Remi Sumiyoshi¹, Tomohiro Koga¹, Naoki Iwamoto¹, Kunihiro Ichinose² and Atsushi Kawakami¹, ¹Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: The concept of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis (D2T RA) has emerged as the greatest unmet need in recent years. We have investigated the clinical characteristics…
Abstract Number: 1403 • ACR Convergence 2021
Giant Cell Arteritis Subtypes: Data from the ARTESER Registry
Eugenio De Miguel¹, Jesús T. Sánchez-Costa², Javier Narvaez³, Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay⁴, Noemí Garrido-Puñal⁵, Paula V. Estrada-Alarcon⁶, Rafael B. Melero-González⁷, Elisa Fernández-Fernández⁸, María T. Silva-Diaz⁹, Joaquín M. Belzunegui¹⁰, Clara Moriano¹¹, Julio Sánchez¹², Judit Lluch¹³, Itziar Calvo¹⁴, Vicente Aldasoro¹⁵, Leticia León-Mateos¹⁶, Javier Loricera García¹⁷, Alberto Ruíz-Román⁵, Cristina Valero-Martínez¹⁸, Patricia Moya¹⁹, Marina Tortosa-Cabañas²⁰, Vanessa A. Navarro-Angeles⁶, Carles Galisteo²¹, Anne Riveros-Frutos²², Jose A. Román-Ivorra²³, Selene Labrada-Arrabal²⁴, Margarida Vasques-Rocha²⁵, Carlota L. Iñiguez-Ubiaga²⁶, María García-González²⁷ and Ricardo Blanco²⁸, ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁵Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ⁶Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi. Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de La Coruña, Coruña, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia-San Sebasti, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitari Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ¹⁴Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁵Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli, Saadell, Spain, ²²Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²³Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ²⁴Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis over 50 years of age. Classically, GCA was assimilated with the involvement of the…
Abstract Number: 0165 • ACR Convergence 2021
Shear-Wave Elastography Evaluation of Major Salivary Glands and Correlation with B-mode Findings in Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Ana Prata¹, Joao Freitas², Mary Lucy Marques³, Flavio Costa⁴, Mariana Santiago⁵, Sara Serra¹, Margarida Coutinho¹, Tânia Santiago¹, João Pedro Lopes Rovisco¹ and Jose Pereira da Silva⁶, ¹Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ²Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Coimbra, Portugal, ⁵Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Unknown, Colombia, ⁶University of Coimbra | UC · Clínica Universitária de Reumatologia. Faculty of Medicine, Columbia, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Salivary-gland ultrasound has recently shown to help in the diagnosis and monitoring of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS)1. Shear-wave elastography (SWE) is a promising tool…
Abstract Number: 1137 • ACR Convergence 2021
REMS Technology for the Assessment of Bone Health in a Male Population
Delia Ciardo¹, Paola Pisani¹, Fiorella Anna Lombardi¹, Marco Di Paola¹, Roberto Franchini¹, Maurizio Muratore², Francesco Conversano¹ and Sergio Casciaro¹, ¹National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Lecce, Italy, Lecce, Italy, ²Vito Fazzi Hospital, ASL-LE, O.U. of Rheumatology, Lecce, Italy, Lecce, Italy
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the ultrasound-based densitometric technology called Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS) in the diagnosis of osteoporosis…
Abstract Number: 1411 • ACR Convergence 2021
Decreased Use of Ultrasound Fast-track Pathways of Giant Cell Arteritis Due to COVID-19 Pandemic: A Potential Risk for Permanent Visual Loss
Fernando Montero¹, Juan Molina², ISABEL CASTREJON³, Julia Martínez Barrio¹, Juan Carlos Nieto¹ and Jose Maria Alvaro-Gracia¹, ¹Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maran, Madrid, Spain, ³Pfizer Spain, Chicago
Background/Purpose: The implementation of ultrasound (US) fast-track pathways (FTP), aiming at an early diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA), has led to a decrease in…
Abstract Number: 0166 • ACR Convergence 2021
Digital Extensor Paratenonitis Is Frequent in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mihaela Maruseac¹, Adrien NZEUSSEU TOUKAP² and Maria S. Stoenoiu³, ¹Rheumatology department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussel, Belgium, ²Rheumatology department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ³Rheumatology department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Finger extensor tendon involvement (FEP) or paratenonitis has previously been described by ultrasound (US) in patients suffering from early psoriatic arthritis. Contradictory results were…
Abstract Number: 1170 • ACR Convergence 2021
Establishment and Validation of a Didactic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course for Dermatologists Using an Innovative Handheld Ultrasound System
Jakub Grobelski¹, Florian Recker², Pantelis Karakostas¹, Dagmar Wilsmann-Theis³, Wolfgang Hartung⁴, Peter Brossart⁵ and Valentin Schäfer¹, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Haematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²Centre for Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ³Department for Dermatology and Allery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Clinic, Bad Abbach, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Background/Purpose: In the early detection of arthritis, such as psoriatic arthritis, ultrasound (US) of painful joints plays an important role in diagnosis. Pathological findings can…

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