Abstracts tagged "Ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 1558 • ACR Convergence 2024
Mapping in Healthy Subjects Different Body Areas for Dermal Thickness and Skin Hardness by High Frequency Sonography and Durometry
Maurizio Cutolo¹, Elvis Hysa², Nathalie Berghen³, Tessa Dufour⁴, Andrea Cere⁵, Kaat Wyckstandt³, Emanuele Gotelli¹ and vanessa smith⁶, ¹Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genova, Italy, ²Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ³University of Ghent, Ghent, Italy, ⁴University Hospital Ghent, Gent, Belgium, ⁵University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Skin involvement is a prominent feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc). The reliability of non-invasive tools such as high frequency skin ultrasound (HFSU) and durometry,…
Abstract Number: 1978 • ACR Convergence 2024
Insertional and Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy Have Differences in Presence of Calcifications and Neovascularization
Andy Smith¹, Hayley Powell Smitheman¹ and Karin Silbernagel², ¹University of Delaware, Newark, DE, ²University of Delaware, Avondale, PA
Background/Purpose: Achilles tendinopathy is the clinical diagnosis of a painful injury to the Achilles tendon associated with pain during tendon loading and structural changes within…
Abstract Number: 0284 • ACR Convergence 2024
Identification of Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Using Ultrasonography in Patients with a Suspected Diagnosis of Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joanna Potera¹, Angelo Gaffo², Alvin Day³, Mariana Urquiaga² and Amanda Alexander⁴, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Irondale, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Lexington, SC, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL
Background/Purpose: Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease is a common condition that can cause chronic polyarticular inflammatory joint disease, which sometimes resembles rheumatoid arthritis. Misdiagnosis is especially…
Abstract Number: 1190 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cross-sectional Associations Among Sonographic and Radiographic Features and Symptoms Scores in a Population-Based Cohort
Katherine Yates¹, Carolina Alvarez², Sahar Sawani³, Liubov Arbeeva⁴, Todd Schwartz⁵, Serena Savage-Guin⁶, Jordan Renner⁷, Catherine Bakewell⁸, Minna Kohler⁹, Janice Lin¹⁰, Jonathan Samuels¹¹ and Amanda Nelson³, ¹University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Miami, FL, ³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, NC, ⁵University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill,, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁷Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁸Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ¹¹NYU Langone, Rye Brook, NY
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) allows for visualization of features of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) including osteophytes, meniscal extrusion, synovitis, and cartilage damage. The current analysis aimed to…
Abstract Number: 1588 • ACR Convergence 2024
Validation of a Lung Ultrasound Interpretation Criteria for Interstitial Lung Disease Screening in Systemic Sclerosis and Inflammatory Myopathy
Robert Fairchild¹, Diane Mar², Mariani Deluna³, Henry Guo³, David Fiorentino⁴ and Lorinda Chung⁵, ¹Stanford University, San Francisco, CA, ²VA Palo Alto / Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, ³Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, ⁵Stanford University, Woodside, CA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common complication of connective tissue disease (CTD) with a high prevalence in SSc and inflammatory myopathy (IM). Early…
Abstract Number: 2066 • ACR Convergence 2024
Comparative Diagnostic Efficacy of Quantitative Measurement of Echo Intensity and Texture versus Qualitative Analysis of Ultrasound Images in Myositis
Takeshi Yoshida¹, Hiroki Yamazaki², Naoko Takamatsu², Yoshinori Taniguchi³, Taiki Nozaki⁴, masataka inoue⁵, Yoshitaka Kumon⁶, yuki matsumoto², Yuki Kanazawa², Masafumi Harada², Ichizo Nishino⁷, Jemima Albayda⁸ and Yuishin Izumi², ¹Chikamori Hospital, Kochi, Kochi, Japan, ²Tokushima University School of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan, ³Kochi University School of Medicine, kochi, Japan, ⁴keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya, Japan, ⁶Chikamori Hospital, Kochi, Japan, ⁷National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Recently, the role of imaging tests such as magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound (US) in the diagnosis and classification of myositis has become increasingly…
Abstract Number: 0460 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cartilage Damage or (sub)luxation of Finger Joints: Impact on Physical Function in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Takehisa Ogura¹, Yasuto Minegishi², Chihiro Imaizumi¹, Reina Maezawa¹, Takaharu Katagiri¹ and Hideto Kameda¹, ¹Toho university, Tokyo, Japan, ²Toho University, Tokyo
Background/Purpose: It has been reported that radiographic joint space narrowing (JSN) score affects the health assessment questionnaire-disability index (HAQ-DI) score in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.…
Abstract Number: 1207 • ACR Convergence 2024
Patterns of Shared Variation in Knee Ultrasound for Osteoarthritis: A Machine Learning Approach
Sahar Sawani¹, Liubov Arbeeva², Katherine Yates³, Carolina Alvarez⁴, Todd Schwartz¹, Serena Savage-Guin⁵, Jordan Renner⁶, Catherine Bakewell⁷, Minna Kohler⁸, Janice Lin⁹, Jonathan Samuels¹⁰ and Amanda Nelson¹, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, NC, ³University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Miami, FL, ⁵Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill,, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁷Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ¹⁰NYU Langone, Rye Brook, NY
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to utilize a machine learning (ML) approach to identify phenotypes of knee OA (KOA) based on demographic variables,…
Abstract Number: 1625 • ACR Convergence 2024
Impacts of a Fast-Track Referral Clinic on Health Care Utilization, Delays and Complications in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Alae Dhahbi¹, Stephanie Ducharme-Benard², Samer Hussein³, Rosalie-Sélène Meunier², Hussein Baalbaki², Carolyn Ross⁴ and Jean-Paul Makhzoum⁴, ¹Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada, ²Vasculitis Clinic, Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Vasculitis Clinic, Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Sherbrooke, Canada, ⁴Vasculitis Clinic, Canadian Network for Research on Vasculitides, Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is both a medical emergency and diagnostic challenge. Up to 45% of patients may require emergency department (ED) visits and/or…
Abstract Number: 2073 • ACR Convergence 2024
Ultrasound Findings of Activity in Patients with Inflammatory Myopathies and Clinical and Laboratory Comparison
Carina Soto-Fajardo¹, Alejandra Espinosa-Orantes², Alejandra Enríquez-Luna³, Fabian Carranza Enriquez⁴, Tabata Cano-Gamez³, Ana Mora-Rosas⁵, Rosa Elena Cervantes-Ramirez⁵, Karen Contreras-Castillo⁵, Jiram Torres Ruiz⁶, Diana Gómez-Martin⁷ and Carlos Pineda⁸, ¹Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion "Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra", Mexico City, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación "Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra", Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁴Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación \"Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra\", Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁵Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación "Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra", Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁶INCMNSZ, Mexico, Federal District, Mexico, ⁷INCMNSZ, Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁸Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Muscle ultrasound (MUS) is a non-invasive tool that may explore the extent of muscle abnormalities and contribute to early diagnosis and follow-up of patients…
Abstract Number: 0463 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluation of Inflammatory Indices as Predictive Biomarkers of Carotid Plaque in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jose Antonio Davila Jimenez¹, Dionicio Galarza-Delgado², Iris Jazmín Colunga Pedraza³, jose Ramon Azpiri-Lopez⁴, Rosa Icela Arvizu-Rivera³, Jesus Cardenas-de la Garza⁵, Aleydis Gonzalez Melendez³, Andrea Guajardo Aldaco³, Maria F. Elizondo-Benitez⁶, Rebeca L. Polina-Lugo³ and Diego Salcedo-Almanza⁷, ¹Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ²UANL Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ³Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁴Division of Cardiology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁵Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ⁷Division of Radiology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk compared to the general population. All stages of the atherogenic process appear to…
Abstract Number: 1291 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Needs Assessment to Inform the Design of a Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents
Ann Cameron Barr¹, David Leverenz¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber² and Philip Chu³, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³Duke University Hospital, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: Point-Of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training is increasingly integrated into internal medicine (IM) residency training. However, POCUS programs often focus on cardiac and peripheral line skills…
Abstract Number: 1627 • ACR Convergence 2024
Real-World Data on Imaging Tests, Specifically Temporal Artery Ultrasound, in Giant Cell Arteritis in Japan: A Multicenter Retrospective Study
Nobuhiro Oda¹, Sho Fukui², Toshihiro Yamaguchi³, Fumika Nagase⁴, Takanori Ito⁵, Mitsuru Watanabe⁵, Yoichiro Haji⁴, Yasuhiro Suyama⁶, Atsushi Nomura⁷, Eishi Uechi⁸, Masei Suda³, Naoho Takizawa⁴, Ryo Rokutanda⁹ and Hiromichi Tamaki¹⁰, ¹Kameda medical center, Department of Rheumatology, Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Japan, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ³Suwa Central Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Nagano, Japan, ⁴Chubu Rosai Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Aichi, Japan, ⁵Daido Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Aichi, Japan, ⁶NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Ushiku Aiwa General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Ibaraki, Japan, ⁸Yuai Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology, Okinawa, Japan, ⁹Kameda medical center, Department of Rheumatology, Chiba, Japan, ¹⁰St. Luke’s International Hospital, Immuno-Rheumatology Center, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: In the 2022 ACR classification criteria for giant cell arteritis (GCA), temporal artery ultrasound (TAU) is granted the same diagnostic value as temporal artery…
Abstract Number: 2215 • ACR Convergence 2024
Treat (Depression to Reach)-to-Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ozun Bayindir Tsechelidis¹, Ricardo Sabido-Sauri², Ummugulsum Gazel², Seyyid Bilal Acikgoz³, Sylvia Sangwa⁴, Catherine Ivory⁵, Elliot Hepworth² and Sibel Aydin⁶, ¹Ottawa University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³University of Ottawa, Rheumatology, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, ⁵The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Ottawa - Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Depression is a prevalent comorbidity in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), affecting up to 38.8% of individuals. Depression can profoundly affect physical well-being, including increased pain…
Abstract Number: 0469 • ACR Convergence 2024
SCORE2 Is Superior to SCORE in Predicting the Presence of Carotid Plaques and Intima-media Thickness in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Cross-sectional Study with Carotid Ultrasound
Cristina Campos Fernández¹, Jorge Juan Fragío Gil², Roxana González Mazario³, Pablo Martínez Calabuig⁴, Laura Salvador Maicas⁵, Mireia Lucía Sanmartín Martínez⁶, Iván Jesús Lorente Betanzos⁶, Clara Molina Almela⁶, juan José Lerma Garrido⁷, Amalia Rueda³ and Jose A Román-Ivorra⁸, ¹Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³Hospital General de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁴HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO VALENCIA SPAIN, Ontinyent, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁵Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Castellón de la Plana, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁶Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁷Hospital General Universitario Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitari i Politècnic la Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) escalates the risk of premature mortality, predominantly through cardiovascular diseases. Although SCORE and its updated version, SCORE2, are employed to assess…

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