Abstracts tagged "Ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 0310 • ACR Convergence 2021
Histopathology, Salivary Flow and Ultrasonography of the Parotid Gland: Three Complementary Measurements in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Martha S. van Ginkel¹, Esther Mossel², Erlin A. Haacke², Suzanne Arends³, Silvia Liefers¹, Konstantina Delli¹, Jolien F. van Nimwegen⁴, Alja J. Stel⁵, Fred Spijkervet¹, Arjan Vissink⁶, Bert van der vegt¹, Frans Kroese³ and Hendrika Bootsma³, ¹University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, ³University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴Univeristy of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁵University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁶University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Leek, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by dryness of the mouth and eyes. The impact of the disease on salivary glands…
Abstract Number: 1208 • ACR Convergence 2021
Composite Articular Index Including Acute Phase Reactants Should Not Be Used in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Il6 Inhibitors but May Be Useful in Those Receiving Jak Inhibitors: Ultrasound Evidence
Andrés Ponce¹, Beatriz Frade-Sosa², Ramirez Julio³, Núria Sapena¹, Roberto Gumucio², Virginia Ruiz-Esquide², Rosa Morlà², Marta Bassas², Juan D Cañete⁴ and Jose A Gomez-Puerta², ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitari Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: IL6 inhibitors (IL6i) have a dramatic effect on the reduction of C reactive protein (CRP) that does not always correlate with a significant improvement…
Abstract Number: 0311 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ultra High‐frequency Ultrasound (UHFUS) of Labial Glands in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Serological and Histological Correlations
Giovanni Fulvio¹, Francesco Ferro¹, Rossana Izzetti², Gianmaria Governato¹, Silvia Fonzetti¹, Gaetano La Rocca¹, Valentina Donati³, Davide Caramella⁴, Marta Mosca⁵ and Chiara Baldini⁶, ¹University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ²University of Pisa, Unit of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, Pisa, Italy, ³AOUP, Unit of Pathological Anatomy, Pisa, Italy, ⁴University of Pisa, 3Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Translational Research and of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Pisa, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁶University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Last‐generation ultra high‐frequency ultrasound (UHFUS) transducers are highly sensitive tools potentially able to open new avenues for the identification of imaging biomarkers. Recently UHFUS…
Abstract Number: 1319 • ACR Convergence 2021
Cardiovascular Risk Reclassification According to Six Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Algorithms and a Carotid Ultrasound in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Natalia Guajardo-Jauregui, Iris Colunga-Pedraza, Jose Azpiri-Lopez, Dionicio Galarza-Delgado, Alejandra Rodriguez-Romero, Diana Flores-Alvarado, Alejandro Meza-Garza, Julieta Loya-Acosta, Jesus Cardenas-de La Garza, Salvador Lugo-Perez, Octavio Ilizaliturri-Guerra, Gisela Garcia-Arellano and Jessica Castillo-Treviño, Hospital Universitario "Dr Jose E. Gonzalez", Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have a higher risk of developing a cardiovascular (CV) event than the general population. This could be attributed to…
Abstract Number: 0149 • ACR Convergence 2021
Development of Joint Effusion, Hyperperfusion and Enthesitis After One Hour of Age-and Gender Adjusted Weight Training
Julia Schreiner¹, Dennis Scheicht², Pantelis Karakostas³, Jana Ziob¹, Charlotte Behning¹, Peter Preuss⁴, Peter Brossart⁵ and Valentin Schäfer¹, ¹University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²Porz am Rhein Hospital, Cologne, Germany, ³Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Haematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound is an established tool to detect changes of joints, tendons and entheses in rheumatology. However, several studies detected structural and vascular changes in…
Abstract Number: 0312 • ACR Convergence 2021
Prognostic Value of Salivary Gland Ultrasonography in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Francesco Ferro¹, Gianmaria Governato¹, Giovanni Fulvio¹, Gaetano La Rocca¹, Silvia Fonzetti¹, Giacomo Aringhieri², Valentina Donati³, Marta Mosca⁴ and Chiara Baldini⁵, ¹University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ²University of Pisa, 3Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Translational Research and of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Pisa, Italy, ³AOUP, Unit of Pathological Anatomy, Pisa, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁵University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: In the last decade, salivary gland ultrasonography (SGUS) has appeared as a useful tool for the diagnosis of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) and for…
Abstract Number: 1356 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effects of TNF-α versus Secukinumab on Active Ultrasound Confirmed Enthesitis in Psoriatic Arthritis
Ashley Elliott¹, Gary Wright², Adrian Pendleton² and Madeleine Rooney¹, ¹Centre for Experimental Medicine , School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, UK, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, ²Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis is an important aspect of disease in PsA and its clinical assessment has problems in terms of sensitivity and overlap with alternative co-morbid…
Abstract Number: 0151 • ACR Convergence 2021
Usefulness of Ultrasound and (FDG) PET/CT to Detect Cranial and Extracranial Artery Involvement in Patients with Suspected Large Vessel Vasculitis
Juan Molina¹, Isabel Castrejón², Javier Rivera², Julia Martínez Barrio², Juan Carlos Nieto², Katerine López², Fernando Montero², Laura Trives Folguera², Carlos González³ and Jose Maria Alvaro-Gracia², ¹Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maran, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ³CEIMI, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) is recommended as the first imaging modality to assess patients presenting with predominantly cranial symptoms of giant cell arteritis (GCA). However, its…
Abstract Number: 0313 • ACR Convergence 2021
Do Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Patients with Normal Major Salivary Gland Ultrasound Have Less Active Disease?
Katja Perdan Pirkmajer¹, Matija TOMSIC¹ and Alojzija Hocevar², ¹University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²UKC Ljubjana, Ljubjana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Ultrasonographically depicted morphological changes of major salivary glands (SG) have been recently correlated with the disease activity in primary Sjögren’s (pSS)1. The aim of…
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: 0697 • ACR Convergence 2020
Inferior Tendon Structure and Function Seen in Patients with Achilles Tendinopathy and Neovascularization of the Achilles Tendon
Brian Honick¹, Haraldur Sigurdsson¹ and Karin Silbernagel¹, ¹University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Background/Purpose: In prior research, the incidence rate of neovascularization with Achilles tendinopathy ranged between 47-88% of cases. The purpose of this study was to identify…
Abstract Number: 1537 • ACR Convergence 2020
Usefulness of Ultrasound Assessment of Sarcopenia in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Takeshi Yoshida¹ and Yoshitaka Kumon¹, ¹Chikamori Hospital, Kochi, Japan
Background/Purpose: Sarcopenia, the age-related loss of muscle mass and function, is associated with numerous risk factors, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although standard diagnostic tool for…

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