Abstracts tagged "Vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 0526 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characteristics and Outcomes of Participants with and Without Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in the Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis (PEXIVAS) Trial
Lynn Fussner¹, Luis Felipe Flores-Suarez², Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba³, Ulrich Specks³, P. Gerard Cox⁴, David Jayne⁵, Peter Merkel⁶ and Michael Walsh⁴, ¹The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a potentially life-threatening manifestation of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Studies describing patients with DAH in AAV have typically been small…
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: 1561 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development of Posterior Uveitis in Behçet’s Syndrome Patients with Vitreous Cells Without Any Other Posterior Involvement
Didar Ucar¹, Basak Ecem Bircan², Nigar Rustamli³, Bilge Batu Oto¹, Vedat Hamuryudan⁴, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu⁵ and gulen Hatemi⁵, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: A considerable number of patients with Behçet's syndrome (BS) have vitreous cells on slit lamp examination at the time of diagnosis. However, the prognostic…
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…
Abstract Number: L15 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Predictive Diagnostic Model for IgA Vasculitis Based on a Metabolomic Approach
Alexandre Boissais¹, Hélène Blasco², Patrick Emond³, Antoine Lefevre², Adrien Bigot⁴, denis Mulleman⁵, François Maillot⁴ and Alexandra Audemard-Verger⁴, ¹Medical University of Tours, Tours, France, ²Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Tours, France, ³In vitro Nuclear Medicine Department, Tours, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Tours, France, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Tours, France
Background/Purpose: IgA vasculitis is a rare systemic disease that is life-threatening mainly due to digestive or renal involvement. To date, there is no reliable diagnostic…
Abstract Number: L21 • ACR Convergence 2021
Rituximab versus Conventional Therapeutic Strategy for Remission Induction in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Double-blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial
Benjamin Terrier¹, Gregory Pugnet², Claire de Moreuil³, Bernard Bonnotte⁴, Ygal Benhamou⁵, Elisabeth Diot⁶, Dominique Chauveau², Pierre Duffau⁷, Nicolas Limal⁸, Antoine Neel⁹, Geoffrey Urbanski¹⁰, Noemie Jourde-Chiche¹¹, Nicolas Martin-Silva¹², Francois Maurier¹³, Arsene Mekinian¹⁴, Nicolas Schleinitz¹¹, Felix Ackermann¹⁵, Anne-Laure Fauchais¹⁶, Antoine Froissart¹⁷, Thomas Le Gallou¹⁸, Yurdagul Uzunhan¹⁹, Jean-Francois Viallard⁷, Alice Berezne²⁰, Laurent Chiche²¹, Bruno Crestani¹⁴, Guillaume Direz²², Cecile-Audrey Durel²³, Pascal Godmer²⁴, Jean-Emmanuel Kahn²⁵, Marc Lambert²⁶, Thomas Quemeneur²⁷, Jacques Cadranel¹⁴, Pierre Charles²⁸, Antoine Dossier¹⁴, Lea Jilet²⁹, Loic Guillevin¹⁴, Hendy Abdoul²⁹ and Xavier Puechal¹⁴, ¹Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²CHU, Toulouse, France, ³CHU, Brest, France, ⁴CHU, Dijon, France, ⁵CHU, Rouen, France, ⁶CHU, Tours, France, ⁷CHU, Bordeaux, France, ⁸CHU, Creteil, France, ⁹CHU, Nantes, France, ¹⁰CHU, Angers, France, ¹¹CHU, Marseille, France, ¹²CHU, Caen, France, ¹³CH, Metz, France, ¹⁴CHU, Paris, France, ¹⁵Hopital Foch, Suresnes, France, ¹⁶CHU, Limoges, France, ¹⁷CHIC, Creteil, France, ¹⁸CHU, Rennes, France, ¹⁹CHU, Bobigny, France, ²⁰CH, Annecy, France, ²¹CH, Marseille, France, ²²CH, Le Mans, France, ²³CHU, Lyon, France, ²⁴CH, Vannes, France, ²⁵CHU, Boulogne, France, ²⁶CHRU, Lille, France, ²⁷CH, Valenciennes, France, ²⁸CH, Paris, France, ²⁹URC, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is an eosinophilic ANCA-associated vasculitis.Glucocorticoids, alone or in combination with cyclophosphamide in severe forms, induce remission in most patients…
Abstract Number: 0952 • ACR Convergence 2021
Outcomes of COVID-19 Infection in Patients with Primary Systemic Vasculitis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Physician Registry
Sebastian Sattui¹, Richard Conway², Michael Putman³, Andrea Seet⁴, Kaley Beins⁵, Catherine Hill⁶, David Liew⁷, Sarah Mackie⁸, Puja Mehta⁹, Lorna Neill¹⁰, Gimena Gomez¹¹, Maria Salinas¹², Federico Maldonado¹³, Henrique Moriz¹⁴, Samia Studart¹⁵, NAFICE ARAUJO¹⁶, Ann Knight¹⁷, Davide Rozza¹⁸, Luca Quartuccio¹⁹, Maxime Samson²⁰, Stephane Bally²¹, Alexandre Maria²², Pascal Chazerain²³, Rebecca Hasseli²⁴, Ulf Müller-Ladner²⁵, Bimba Franziska Hoyer²⁶, Reinhard Voll²⁷, Rita Pinheiro Torres²⁸, Mariana Luis²⁹, Sandra Lúcia Ribeiro³⁰, Samar Al Emadi³¹, Jeffrey Sparks³², Tiffany Hsu³³, Kristin D'Silva³⁴, Naomi Patel³⁴, Leanna Wise³⁵, Emily Gilbert³⁶, Maria Valenzuela-Almada³⁷, Ali Duarte-Garcia³⁸, Manuel Ugarte-Gil³⁹, Emily Sirotich⁴⁰, Jean Liew⁴¹, Jonathan Hausmann⁴², Paul Sufka⁴³, Suleman Bhana⁴⁴, Rebecca Grainger⁴⁵, Wendy Costello⁴⁶, Lindsay Jacobsohn⁴⁷, Zara Izadi⁴, Anja Strangfeld⁴⁸, Elsa Frazão Mateus⁴⁹, Kimme Hyrich⁵⁰, Laure Gossec⁵¹, Loreto Carmona⁵², Saskia Lawson-Tovey⁵⁰, Lianne Kearsley-Fleet⁵³, Martin Schaefer⁵⁴, Milena Gianfrancesco⁴, Pedro Machado⁵⁵, Zachary Wallace³⁴, Jinoos Yazdany⁴ and Philip Robinson⁵⁶, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²St. James's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³Medical College of Wisconsin, Brookfield, WI, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO, ⁶Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia, ⁷Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia, ⁸School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁰PMR GCA Scotland, Perth, United Kingdom, ¹¹Research Unit Argentine Society of Rheumatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹²Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ¹³Sanatorio Güemes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁴Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil, ¹⁵HOSPITAL GERAL DE FORTALEZA, Fortaleza, Brazil, ¹⁶Instituto de ASsistencia Medica ao Servidor Publico Estadual de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ¹⁸Epidemiology Research Unit, Italian Society of Rheumatology, Rome, Italy, ¹⁹Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ²⁰CHU Dijon Bourgogne, Hpital Franois Mitterrand, Dijon, Dijon, France, ²¹Nephrology and Dialysis Service, Metropole Savoie Hospital Center, Chambery, France, ²²Department of Internal Medicine and Multiorganic Diseases, Saint-Eloi University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ²³Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Diaconesses Croix Saint Simon Hospital, Paris, France, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany., Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²⁵JLU Giessen, Campus Kerckhoff, Dept. Rheum & Clin Immunol, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²⁶Universittsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany, ²⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²⁸Rheumatology Service, Egas Moniz Hospital, Lisboa Occidental Hospital Centre, Lisbon, Portugal, ²⁹Department of Rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portuga, Coimbra, Portugal, ³⁰Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Amazonas, Brazil, ³¹Hamad medical corporation, Doha, Qatar, ³²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA, ³⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³⁵LAC+USC/Keck Medicine of USC, Pasadena, CA, ³⁶Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ³⁷Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³⁸Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³⁹Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Essalud/Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ⁴⁰McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴¹Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁴²Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ⁴³HealthPartners, Eagan, MN, ⁴⁴Crystal Run Health, Montvale, NJ, ⁴⁵University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ⁴⁶Irish Children's Arthritis Network, Bansha, Ireland, ⁴⁷University of California San Francisco, Antioch, CA, ⁴⁸Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴⁹Liga Portuguesa Contra as Doenças Reumáticas (LPCDR), Lisbon, Portugal, ⁵⁰University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵¹Sorbonne Université and Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ⁵²Instituto de Salud Musculoesqueltica (InMusc), Madrid, Spain, ⁵³Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵⁴German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁵⁵Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵⁶University of Queensland School of Clinical Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Herston, Australia
Background/Purpose: Patients with primary systemic vasculitis (PSV) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) may be at high risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes due to the treatments used,…
Abstract Number: 1412 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effectiveness of Tocilizumab in the Visual Involvement of Giant Cell Arteritis: Multicenter Study of 471 Patients of Clinical Practice
Lara Sánchez-Bilbao¹, Javier Loricera¹, Juan Pablo Valdivieso Achá², Clara Moriano³, Javier Narvaez⁴, Vicente Aldasoro⁵, Olga Maíz⁶, Rafael Melero⁷, Juan Ignacio Villa⁸, Paloma Vela⁹, Susana Romero-Yuste¹⁰, José Luis Callejas¹¹, Eugenio De Miguel¹², Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹³, Francisca Sivera¹⁴, Jesús Carlos Fernández-López¹⁵, Carles Galisteo¹⁶, Iván Ferraz-Amaro¹⁷, Juan Carlos Nieto¹⁸, Juan Ramón de Dios¹⁹, Julio Sánchez²⁰, Esther Fernández²¹, Isabel de la Morena²², Patricia Moya²³, Roser Solans-Laqué²⁴, Jose Luis Andreu²⁵, Marcelino Revenga²⁶, Valvanera Pinillos²⁷, Andrea García-Valle²⁸, Adela Gallego²⁹, Carlota Iñíguez³⁰, Cristina Hidalgo³¹, Noemí Garrido-Puñal³², Ruth López-González³³, José Andrés Román-Ivorra³⁴, Sara Manrique Arija³⁵, Paz Collado³⁶, Enrique Raya¹¹, Francisco Navarro³⁷, Antoni Juan Mas³⁸, Carmen Ordas³⁹, Maria Dolors Boquet⁴⁰, Noelia Álvarez-Rivas⁴¹, Maria Luisa Velloso-Feijoo⁴², Cristina Campos-Fernández⁴³, Íñigo Rúa-Figueroa⁴⁴, Arantxa Conesa⁴⁵, Eva Salgado⁴⁶, Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay⁴⁷ and Ricardo Blanco⁴⁸, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain, ⁷Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Galicia, Spain, ⁸Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Spain, ⁹Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁰Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain, ¹¹Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario de Elda, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario Juan Canalejo, A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli, Saadell, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario de Araba, Mondragón, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, ²²Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ²³Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid. Spain., Madrid, Spain, ²⁷Hospital San Pedro, Logroño, Spain, ²⁸Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Palencia, Palencia. Spain, Palencia, Spain, ²⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, ³¹Hospital Universitario Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ³²Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ³³Complejo Hospitalario de Zamora, Zamora, Spain, ³⁴Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ³⁵Hospital Regional de Málaga, Málaga. Spain., Malaga, Spain, ³⁶Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain, ³⁷Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Spain, ³⁸Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ³⁹Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón, Spain, ⁴⁰Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida. Spain., Lleida, Spain, ⁴¹Hospital San Agustín, Aviles, Spain, ⁴²Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Spain, ⁴³Consorci Hospital General Universitari de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ⁴⁴Hospital Universitario Doctor Negrín, Gran Canaria, Spain, ⁴⁵Hospital Universitario de Castellón, Castellón, Spain, ⁴⁶Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ⁴⁷Research 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, ⁴⁸Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: One of the most feared complications of giant cell arteritis (GCA) is visual affection. Tocilizumab (TCZ) has demonstrated efficacy and safety in GCA. However,…
Abstract Number: 1876 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Prospective Observational Cohort Study and Systematic Review of 40 Patients with Mouth and Genital Ulcers with Inflamed Cartilage (MAGIC) Syndrome
Yiming Luo¹, Ertugrul Bolek¹, Kaitlin Quinn², Kristina Wells³, Emily Rose⁴, Emily Rominger¹, Levent Kilic⁵, Omer Karadag⁶, Cindy Clark¹, Alicia Livinski¹, Peter Grayson⁷ and Marcela Ferrada¹, ¹National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Washington, DC, ³National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁴Case Western, Cleveland Heights, OH, ⁵Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, ⁶Hacettepe University, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ⁷National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Mouth and genital ulcers with inflamed cartilage (MAGIC) syndrome is a rare and poorly understood entity with clinical features of both relapsing polychondritis (RP)…
Abstract Number: 1010 • ACR Convergence 2021
Proton Pump Inhibitors Suppress IL-1 Mediated Carditis in a Murine Model of Kawasaki Disease
Paul Tsoukas¹, Melissa Kleinau², Lysa Langevin², Lily Morikawa³, Trang Duong¹, Suzanne Tam⁴ and Rae Yeung⁵, ¹Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, ⁴Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, ⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki disease (KD), is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in childhood. Up to 20% of patients may develop coronary artery lesions (CAL)…
Abstract Number: 1413 • ACR Convergence 2021
Tocilizumab in Combination with 8 Weeks of Prednisone for Giant Cell Arteritis
Mark Matza¹, Adam Jarvie², Ana Fernandes¹, John Stone³ and Sebastian Unizony⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Masssachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Winchester, MA
Background/Purpose: Even with the use of tocilizumab (TCZ), significant glucocorticoid exposure (usually ³ 6 months) continues to be an important problem in giant cell arteritis…
Abstract Number: 1877 • ACR Convergence 2021
Takayasu Arteritis Patients with Tuberculosis Have Unique Clinical Characteristics
Yiming Luo¹, Kaitlin Quinn², Marcela Ferrada¹, Elaine Novakovich¹ and Peter Grayson³, ¹National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Washington, DC, ³National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) is an idiopathic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the aorta and its major branches. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is prevalent in developing countries and…
Abstract Number: 1047 • ACR Convergence 2021
Exposure to Industrial Pollutants and Mortality Due to Inmune-mediated Inflammatory Systemic Diseases (IMD) in Spain
ana Perez¹, Arturo Rodriguez Pérez², Pablo Fernandez-Navarro³, Fernando Albarran⁴, Cristina Bohorquez⁴, Atusa Movasat⁴, Lucia Ruiz⁴, Paula Pretel⁴, elena Rabadan⁴, Valentina Emperiale⁴, Adrian abbasi⁵, julio suarez⁵, Lorena Montano⁴, emilio rico⁵, alfredo prieto², melchor Alvarez de Mon⁵ and beatriz perez³, ¹Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias. Rheumatology. Medicine Faculty. Alcala University Department., Madrid, Spain, ²Faculty of Medicine. Alcala University, Alcala de Henares, Spain, ³Department of Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases.National Center of Epidemiology/CIBERESP. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Rheumatology Department, Alcala de Henares, ⁵Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The etiology of many IMD is largely unknown; however, available data suggest that environmental contaminants could play a role in their origin. Industrial facilities…
Abstract Number: 1414 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Current State of Expedited Referral Systems Incorporating Vasculitis Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis in Rheumatology Practices in the United States
Mark Matza¹, Karina Torralba² and Minna Kohler³, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University Healthcare, Loma Linda, CA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Expedited referral systems or “fast-track” clinics incorporating vasculitis ultrasound (VUS) into the evaluation of patients with suspected giant cell arteritis (GCA) have shown reduced…
Abstract Number: 1880 • ACR Convergence 2021
Description of an Internet-Based Cohort with a Self-Reported Diagnosis of Polyarteritis Nodosa
Jason Springer¹, Tanaz Kermani², Dianne Shaw³, Kalen Young³, Cristina Burroughs⁴ and Peter Merkel⁵, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Franklin, TN, ²University of California Los Angeles, West Hills, CA, ³Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO, ⁴Health Informatics Institute, Tampa, FL, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is form of medium-vessel vasculitis with an estimated annual incidence of 1 per million. The rarity of the disease makes traditional…

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