Abstracts tagged "Ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 1088 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prospective Evaluation of Carotid Atherosclerosis, Urate Deposits and Inflammation After One Year of Treatment in Newly Diagnosed Gout
Cristina Rodríguez Alvear, Agustín Martínez Sanchís, Irene Calabuig Sais and Mariano Andrés, Rheumatology section, Dr. Balmis General University Hospital-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain, Alicante, Spain
Background/Purpose: Carotid atherosclerosis is prevalent in patients with gout. A prior cross-sectional study at our hospital demonstrated an association between tophi and positive Power Doppler…
Abstract Number: 1486 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cardiovascular Risk in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Carotid Ultrasonography Is Useful for the Re-stratification of Cardiovascular Risk Determined by Score2
Cristina Corrales Selaya¹, Carmen Bejerano², Carmen Secada Gómez³, Virginia Portilla-González⁴, Ricardo Blanco-Alonso⁵, Victor Manuel Martinez Taboada⁶, Leyre Riancho⁷ and alfonso Corrales-Martínez⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital. IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Immunopathology group, IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain, ⁶Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁷Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients have an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk compared to the general population. Although SCORE2 (systematic coronary risk evaluation 2) has…
Abstract Number: 1973 • ACR Convergence 2024
Radioisotopic Synoviorthesis: Factors Associated with Good Response Evaluated by Ultrasound
Camille Bourgeois¹, Patricio Cardoso-Peñafiel², Beatriz Villapún Burgoa³, Rebeca Perez Pascual³, Juan Carlos Nieto Gonzalez¹, José María Álvaro-Gracia⁴, Enrique Calvo-Aranda² and Juan Molina-Collada³, ¹Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Radioisotopic synoviorthesis (RS) is an intra-articular local therapy that uses radioisotopes for the treatment of chronic recurrent synovitis with inadequate response to conventional therapy.…
Abstract Number: 0232 • ACR Convergence 2024
Subjective and Objective Measures of Disease Activity in Difficult-to-Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients at Baseline and Follow-up After an Advanced Therapy: An Ultrasound Study
Seyyid Bilal Acikgoz¹, Ricardo Sabido-Sauri², Ozun Bayindir Tsechelidis³, Ummugulsum Gazel², Sylvia Sangwa⁴, Elliot Hepworth² and Sibel Aydin⁵, ¹University of Ottawa, Rheumatology, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Ottawa University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, ⁵University of Ottawa - Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: In the era of several advanced therapies and an increasing number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have been failed by multiple therapies,…
Abstract Number: 1120 • ACR Convergence 2024
Long-Term Echocardiographic Findings in Idiopathic Recurrent Pericarditis Patients Treated with Anakinra
Zeynep Toker Dincer¹, Damla Raimoglu², Erkin Yilmaz³, Ayten Dag¹, Sejla Karup⁴, Melike Melikoglu¹ and Serdal Ugurlu⁵, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic recurrent pericarditis (IRP) is characterized by recurrent pericarditis attacks, and autoinflammatory pattern has been highlighted due to similarities in both clinical features and…
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…

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