Abstracts tagged "Vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 0412 • ACR Convergence 2020
2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Patients with Large-Vessels Vasculitis: Single-centre Experience in Paris
Chloé Comarmond¹, Mathilde Leclercq¹, Gaëlle Leroux², Cindy Marques², Alexandre Le Joncour³, Fanny Domont², Céline Hatte¹, Ségolène Toquet¹, Perrine Guillaume-Jugnot¹, Anne-Claire Desbois¹, Mathieu Vautier¹, Aude Rigolet¹, Yves Allenbach⁴, Olivier Benveniste⁵, David Saadoun² and Patrice Cacoub², ¹Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ²AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, F-75013, Paris, France, Centre national de références Maladies Autoimmunes et systémiques rares et Maladies Autoinflammatoires rares, Paris, France, ³APHP, paris, France, ⁴Sorbonne Université, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁵Sorbonne Université, paris, France
Background/Purpose: Advanced age and cardiovascular diseases are recognized as major comorbidities associated with severe forms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute…
Abstract Number: 1292 • ACR Convergence 2020
Frequency and Predictors of Influenza Vaccine Hesitancy in Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Valeria Valerio¹, Mariana Useche¹, Mianbo Wang², Sasha Bernatsky³, Christian Pineau⁴ and Ines Colmegna¹, ¹The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada, ²Lady Davis institute for Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, ON, Canada, ⁴McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) benefit from getting annual inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV). However, vaccine uptake among SARDs is suboptimal. The delay…
Abstract Number: 1589 • ACR Convergence 2020
An Initiative to Improve Timely Glucocorticoid Tapering in Vasculitis
Arielle Mendel¹, Daniel Ennis², Shirley Lake³, Simon Carette⁴ and Christian Pagnoux⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Vasculitis guidelines recommend scheduled glucocorticoid (GC) tapering to avoid toxicity. In an audit of 130 consecutive new patients on GC assessed in our tertiary…
Abstract Number: 1939 • ACR Convergence 2020
Definitions and Reliability Assessment of Chronic Ultrasound Lesions of the Axillary Artery in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Study from the OMERACT Large Vessel Vasculitis Ultrasound Working Group
Valentin Schaefer¹, Stavros Chrysidis², Greta Carrara³, Wolfgang Schmidt⁴, George A. Bruyn⁵, Bhaskar Dasgupta⁶, Eugenio De Miguel⁷, Andreas Diamantopoulos⁸, Christina Duftner⁹, Ulrich Fredberg¹⁰, Berit Nielsen¹¹, Wolfgang Hartung¹², Alojzija Hocevar¹³, Annamaria Iagnocco¹⁴, Aaron Juche⁴, Tanaz Kermani¹⁵, Tove Lorenzen¹⁶, Pierluigi Macchioni¹⁷, Marcin Milchert¹⁸, Uffe Døhn¹⁹, Sara Monti²⁰, Chetan Mukhtyar²¹, Cristina Ponte²², Carlo Scire²³, Lene Terslev²⁴, Luca Seitz²⁵ and Christian Dejaco²⁶, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²Sydvestjysk Sygehus Esbjerg, Esbjerg, Denmark, ³Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy, ⁴Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin Buch, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Rheumatology, Reumakliniek Lelystad, Lelystad, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, Mid and South Essex University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Southend University Hospital, United Kingdom, Westcliff on sea, England, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Martina Hansens Hospital, Baerum, Norway, ⁹Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ¹⁰Silkeborg Regional Hospital, Silkeborg, Denmark, ¹¹Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ¹²Asklepios Klinik Bad Abbach, Bad Abbacg, Germany, ¹³University Medical Center, Rheumatology, Ljubljana, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ¹⁴Università degli Studi di Torino, Academic Rheumatology Centre, Turin, Italy, ¹⁵David Geffen School of Medicine / University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁶Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁷Unità Operativa di Reumatologia/Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹⁸Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, ¹⁹Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseasesand COPECARE, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²⁰Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ²¹Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, United Kingdom, ²²Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal, ²³University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, ²⁴Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup., Copenhagen, Denmark, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland, ²⁶South Tyrol Health Trust, Hospital of Bruneck, Bruneck, Italy
Background/Purpose: The OMERACT Ultrasound (US) large vessel vasculitis task force has recently defined the US appearance of normal axillary arteries (AA) and the key elementary…
Abstract Number: 0413 • ACR Convergence 2020
Coronavirus Infection and Vasculitis: Identifying Associations Mining the Biomedical Literature
Alicia Rodriguez Pla¹ and Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba², ¹Rheumatology. Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, ²Pulmonary. Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ
Background/Purpose: Based on recent publications suggesting an association between COVID-19 and vascular inflammation, our aim was to explore new associations between coronavirus infections and vasculitis…
Abstract Number: 1416 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients Living with Vasculitis
Shubhasree Banerjee¹, Michael George², Kalen Young³, Shilpa Venkatachalam⁴, Jennifer Gordon⁵, Cristina Burroughs⁶, David Curtis⁷, Marcela Ferrada⁸, Kelly Gavigan⁹, Peter C. Grayson¹⁰, Joyce Kullman¹¹, Jeffrey R Curtis¹², Dianne Shaw³, William Nowell¹³ and Peter Merkel², ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, ⁵Temple University, Philadelphia, ⁶University of South Florida, Tampa, ⁷Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, ⁸Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁹Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ¹⁰Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ¹¹Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO, ¹²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹³Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, NY
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to impact how patients with vasculitis interact with health care systems due to concerns about infections. This study…
Abstract Number: 1638 • ACR Convergence 2020
Systemic Treatment in Behçet’s Disease According to Clinical Phenotypes. Study of 111 Patients
David Martinez-Lopez¹, Lara Sanchez-Bilbao², Carmen Alvarez-Reguera², Alba Herrero Morant², Inigo Gonzalez-Mazon³, José Luis Martín-Varillas⁴, Guillermo Suarez-Amorin², Patricia Setien-Preciados², Cristina Mata-Arnaiz⁵, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁶ and Ricardo Blanco², ¹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander (SPAIN), Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Bezana, Spain, ⁴Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Spain, ⁵Hospital de Laredo, Santander, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystemic vasculitis. Different clinical phenotypes can be distinguished. Systemic corticosteroids are the most used drugs in BD. Conventional and…
Abstract Number: 1943 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Joana Martinho¹, André Ponte², Eduardo Dourado³, Nikita Khmelinskii¹, Sara Dias⁴, Sofia Barreira⁵, Ana Rita Cruz-Machado¹, Carla Macieira¹, Vítor Teixeira⁶, Ana Rodrigues⁴, Diogo Telles-Correia⁷, João Eurico Fonseca⁸ and Cristina Ponte¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal, ²Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, ³Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁴EpiDoC Unit, Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas (CEDOC), NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NMS/UNL), Lisbon, Portugal, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, ⁷Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHULN, Lisboa, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁸Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade Medicina Universidade de Lisboa and Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte., Lisboa, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common primary vasculitis of the elderly causing blindness if left untreated. However, its hallmark treatment with glucocorticoids…
Abstract Number: 0414 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical Characteristics of an Internet-Based Cohort of Participants with a Self-Reported Diagnosis of Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis or IgA Vasculitis
Jason Springer¹, Tanaz Kermani², Dianne Shaw³, Kalen Young⁴, Cristina Burroughs⁵ and Peter Merkel⁶, ¹University of Kansas Medical Center, Overland Park, KS, ²David Geffen School of Medicine / University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Vasculitis Foundation, North Carolina, ⁴Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, ⁵University of South Florida, Tampa, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Cyroglobulinemic vasculitis (CV) and IgA vasculitis are forms of small-vessel vasculitis characterized by immune complex deposition. The purpose of this study was to a)…
Abstract Number: 1420 • ACR Convergence 2020
Characterization of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Among African American Patients
Sehris Khawaja¹, Saloni Godbole¹, Maryann Kimoto², Virginia Steen³ and Kaitlin Quinn⁴, ¹Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ²UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁴National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) comprises a group of disorders characterized by inflammation of small and medium-sized arteries. Prevalence and phenotype of these diseases appear to…
Abstract Number: 1686 • ACR Convergence 2020
The COV-ASAKI Survey from the Pediatric Tuscany Network During COVID-19 Era
Maria Vincenza Mastrolia¹, Rino Agostiniani², Chiara Azzari³, Roberto Bernardini⁴, Ugo Bottone⁵, Giovanni Battista Calabri⁶, Flavio Civitelli⁷, Rita Consolini⁸, Roberto Danieli⁹, Rosalia Di Silvio¹⁰, Susanna Falorni¹¹, Luigi Gagliardi¹², Salvatore Grosso¹³, Marco Martini¹⁴, Graziano Memmini¹⁵, Marco Pezzati¹⁶, Giovanni Suriano¹⁷, Luca Tafi¹⁸, Angelina Vaccaro¹⁹, Pier Luigi Vasarri²⁰ and Gabriele Simonini²¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Firenze, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ²Paediatric Unit, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia, Italy, Pistoia, Toscana, Italy, ³Paediatric Immunology Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Meyer Children’s University Hospital, Firenze, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ⁴Paediatric Unit, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy, Empoli, Toscana, Italy, ⁵Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Lotti Hospital, Pontedera, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy, Pisa, Toscana, Italy, ⁶Cardiologic Unit, Meyer Children’s University Hospital, Firenze, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ⁷Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Montepulciano Hospital, Montepulciano, AUSL Sud Est Toscana, Siena, Italy., Siena, Toscana, Italy, ⁸Section of clinical and laboratory Immunology, Department of clinical and experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy, Pisa, Italy, ⁹Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Spedali Riuniti di Livorno, Livorno, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy, Livorno, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁰Paediatric Unit, Mugello Hospital, Borgo San Lorenzo, Firenze, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ¹¹Paediatric Unit, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy, Grosseto, Italy, ¹²Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Ospedale Versilia Hospital, Viareggio, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy, Viareggio, Toscana, Italy, ¹³Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Molecular Medicine and Development, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, Siena, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁴Paediatric Unit, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy, Arezzo, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁵Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Apuane Hospital, Massa Carrara, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy, Massa Carrara, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁶Paediatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Bagno a Ripoli, Firenze, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁷Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Cecina Hospital, Cecina, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy, Cecina, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁸Paediatric and Neonatal Unit, Valdarno Hospital, Montevarchi, Arezzo, Italy, Arezzo, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁹Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, San Luca Hospital, Lucca, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy, Lucca, Toscana, Italy, ²⁰Paediatric and Neonatologic Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Prato, Italy, Prato, Toscana, Italy, ²¹Rheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence; NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy
Background/Purpose: At the end of April 2020, national and international Pediatrics scientific societies diffused an alert about a rise in the number of pediatric severe,…
Abstract Number: 1945 • ACR Convergence 2020
Characterization of Visual Manifestations and Identification of Risk Factors for Permanent Vision Loss in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Hussein Baalbaki¹, Darya Jalaledin², Catherine Lachance² and Jean-Paul Makhzoum³, ¹Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Vasculitis Clinic, Canadian Network for Research on Vasculitides (CanVasc), Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Permanent vision loss (PVL) is a feared complication and a leading cause of morbidity in Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). Multiple risk factors for ocular…
Abstract Number: 0415 • ACR Convergence 2020
Characteristics of Arthritis in Adult IgA Vasculitis
Alojzija Hocevar¹, Vesna Jurcic², Matija Tomsic¹ and Ziga Rotar¹, ¹University Medical Center Ljubljana, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ²Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Arthritis is one of the main clinical features in IgA vasculitis (IgAV). In children, joint involvement represents the second most common manifestation with the…
Abstract Number: 1421 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical Features, Disease Activity and Prognosis of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis in US African Americans
Luis Palomino¹, Angelo Gaffo², Sebastian Sattui³ and Dongmei Sun², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), including Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA), Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) and Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA), affect mostly Caucasians of European descent. Clinical…
Abstract Number: 1687 • ACR Convergence 2020
Kawasaki Disease Shock Syndrome in the Intensive Care Unit: A Single Center Cohort
Monica Bray¹, Jennifer Rammel², Andrea Ramirez¹, Kristen Sexson¹, Fong Lam¹, Eyal Muscal³ and Marietta DeGuzman³, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²University of Florida Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki disease (KD), a well described vasculitis of childhood, is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in developed countries. Kawasaki disease shock syndrome…

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