B O O K - American College of Rheumatology
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ACR Poster Session A<br />
571. Epidemiology <strong>of</strong> Systemic Sclerosis in the Afro-Caribbean<br />
Population <strong>of</strong> Martinique, FWI: A Population-Based Study.<br />
Christophe Deligny, Vincent Goeb, Marie Elise Truchetet,<br />
Valentine Kahn, Veronique Dehlinger, Patrick Numéric, Christian<br />
Derancourt, Georges Jean Baptiste and Serge Arfi, CHU de Fort<br />
de France, Fort de France, Martinique.<br />
572. European Scleroderma Study Group (ESCSG) Activity Index<br />
Is Correlated to Quality <strong>of</strong> Life Measures Both at Admission<br />
and Overtime. Gabriele Valentini 2 , Michele Iudici 3 , Giuseppina<br />
Abignano 3 , Serena Vettori 1 and Giovanna Cuomo 3 , 1 Italy,<br />
2<br />
<strong>Rheumatology</strong> Unit - Second University <strong>of</strong> Naples, Napoli, Italy,<br />
3<br />
<strong>Rheumatology</strong> Unit- Second University <strong>of</strong> Naples, Italy.<br />
573. Evaluation <strong>of</strong> an Imatinib Response Gene Signature in Patients<br />
with Systemic Sclerosis. Lorinda Chung 3 , Pedro Ruiz 5 , Tammara<br />
Wood 1 , Stanford Shoor 2 , William Robinson 4 , Michael Whitfield 1 ,<br />
Howard Chang 5 and David Fiorentino 5 , 1 Dartmouth Medical<br />
School, 2 Kaiser Permanente <strong>of</strong> Northern California, 3 Stanford<br />
Univ Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, 4 Stanford Univ School <strong>of</strong><br />
Med, Stanford, CA, 5 Stanford University School <strong>of</strong> Medicine.<br />
574. Evaluation <strong>of</strong> the Effect <strong>of</strong> Ambrisentan on Digital<br />
Microvascular Flow in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Using<br />
Laser Doppler Perfusion Imaging. Nilanjana Bose 2 , James F.<br />
Bena 2 , Charles M. Trunick 3 , Debora J. Bork 2 , Geetha Krishnan 2 ,<br />
John Petrich 2 and Soumya Chatterjee 1 , 1 Cleveland Clinic,<br />
Richmond Heights, OH, 2 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH,<br />
3<br />
Cleveland Clinic.<br />
575. Identification <strong>of</strong> New Autoantibody Specificities in Different<br />
Subsets <strong>of</strong> Systemic Sclerosis Patients. Guillaume Bussone 3 ,<br />
Hanadi Dib 4 , Mathieu C. Tamby 1 , Cédric Broussard 5 , Loïc<br />
Guillevin 2 and Luc Mouthon 2 , 1 Université Paris Descartes,<br />
Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris,<br />
France, 2 Universite Paris Descartes, Faculte de Medecine,<br />
Pole de Medecine Interne et Centre de Reference Pour les<br />
Vascularites Necrosantes et la Sclerodermie Systemique, Hopital<br />
Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, 3 Universite<br />
Paris Descartes, Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS (UMR<br />
8104), Paris, France, 4 Universite Paris Descartes, Institut Cochin,<br />
INSERM U1016, CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France, 5 Universite<br />
Paris Descartes, Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS (UMR<br />
8104), Plate-forme Proteomique Paris 5 , Paris.<br />
576. Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIg) in the Treatment <strong>of</strong><br />
Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) Associated Myopathy. Arnaud Dzeing-<br />
Ella 7 , Alice Bérezné 7 , Brigitte Ranque 4 , François-Jérôme Authier 1 ,<br />
Yannick Allanore 5 , Jean Cabane 3 , Eric Hachulla 2 , Loïc Guillevin 7<br />
and Luc Mouthon 6 , 1 Service d’Histologie, Hôpital Henri-<br />
Mondor, Creteil, France, 2 Service de Medecine Interne, Hôpital<br />
Claude-Huriez, Lille, 3 Service de Medecine Interne, Hôpital<br />
Saint-Antoine, Paris, France, 4 Service de Medecine Interne,<br />
HEGP, Paris, France, 5 Service de Rhumatologie A, Hôpital Cochin,<br />
Paris, France, 6 Universite Paris Descartes, Faculte de Medecine,<br />
Pole de Medecine Interne et Centre de Reference Pour les<br />
Vascularites Necrosantes et la Sclerodermie Systemique, Hopital<br />
Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France,<br />
7<br />
Universite Paris Descartes, Faculte de Medecine, Pole de<br />
Medecine Interne et Centre de Reference Pour les Vascularites<br />
Necrosantes et la Sclerodermie Systemique, Hopital Cochin,<br />
Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris.<br />
577. Modeling Smoking in Systemic Sclerosis: A Comparison <strong>of</strong><br />
Different Statistical Approaches. Marie Hudson 3 , Ernest Lo 2 ,<br />
Russell Steele 3 and Murray Baron 1 , 1 Jewish General Hospital,<br />
Montreal, QC, Canada, 2 Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General<br />
Hospital, 3 McGill University.<br />
578. Nailfold Microangiopathy and Pheripheral Blood Perfusion<br />
Correlate with Internal Organ Involvement in Sistemic<br />
Sclerosis. Alberto Sulli 1 , Carmela Ferrone 2 , Carmen Pizzorni 2 ,<br />
Elisa Alessandri 2 , Francesca Ravera 2 , Giuseppe Zampogna 2 ,<br />
Bruno Seriolo 2 and Maurizio Cutolo 1 , 1 Research Laboratory and<br />
Academic Unit <strong>of</strong> Clinical <strong>Rheumatology</strong>, Department <strong>of</strong> Internal<br />
Medicine, University <strong>of</strong> Genova, Genova, Italy, 2 Research<br />
Laboratory and Academic Unit <strong>of</strong> Clinical <strong>Rheumatology</strong>,<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Internal Medicine, University <strong>of</strong> Genova,<br />
Genova, Italy.<br />
579. Oral N-acetylcysteine in the Treatment <strong>of</strong> Raynaud’s<br />
Phenomenon Secondary to Systemic Sclerosis: A Randomized,<br />
Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. Marcelo<br />
José Uchoa Correa 2 , Henrique A. Mariz 3 , Luis Eduardo Coelho<br />
Andrade 3 and Cristiane Kayser 1 , 1 Universidade Federal de São<br />
Palo, Brazil, 2 Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo,<br />
Brazil, 3 Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.<br />
580. Outcomes <strong>of</strong> Barrett’s Esophagus Related to Systemic Sclerosis:<br />
A 3-Year EULAR/EUSTAR Prospective Follow-Up Study.<br />
Julien Wipff 11 , Romain Coriat 9 , Michela Masciocchi 5 , Paola<br />
Caramaschi 2 , Chris T. Derk 7 , Eric Hachulla 8 , Valeria Riccieri 12 , Luc<br />
Mouthon 10 , Dorota Krasowska 1 , L. P. Ananyeva 6 , Andre Kahan 3 ,<br />
Marco Matucci-Cerinic 13 , Stanislas Chaussade 9 and Yannick<br />
Allanore 4 , 1 Department <strong>of</strong> Dermatology, Medical University <strong>of</strong><br />
Lublin, Lublin, 2 Department <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Verona University,<br />
Verona, 3 Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, 4 Hopitaux de Paris<br />
Cochin, Paris, France, 5 Immunological Clinic, Mangiagalli Regina<br />
Elena Fundation, Milan, 6 Institute <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rheumatology</strong>, Russian<br />
Academy <strong>of</strong> Medical Science, Moscow, 7 Jefferson Medical<br />
<strong>College</strong>, Philadelphia, PA, 8 National Scleroderma Centre, Lille<br />
Cedex, France, 9 Paris Descartes University, Gastroenterology<br />
Dpt, Cochin Hospital, 10 Paris Descartes University, Internal<br />
Medicine Dpt, Cochin Hospital, 11 Paris Descartes University,<br />
<strong>Rheumatology</strong> A Dpt, Cochin Hospital, 12 Sapienza University<br />
<strong>of</strong> Rome, Medical Clinic and Therapy Department, Rome,<br />
13<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Florence, Firenze, Italy.<br />
581. WITHDRAWN<br />
582. Preclinical Evaluation <strong>of</strong> Cardiac Involvement in Systemic<br />
Sclerosis Patients by Speckle Tracking Strain Analysis. Anne<br />
A. Schouffoer 3 , Kai H. Yiu 1 , Maarten K. Ninaber 2 , Jan Stolk 2 ,<br />
Thea P. M. Vliet-Vlieland 3 , Eduard R. Holman 1 , Tom W. J.<br />
Huizinga 3 , Jeroen J. Bax 1 , Nina Ajmone Marsan 1 and Annemie<br />
J. M. Schuerwegh 4 , 1 Department <strong>of</strong> Cardiology, Leiden, The<br />
Netherlands, 2 Department <strong>of</strong> Pulmonology, Leiden, The<br />
Netherlands, 3 Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rheumatology</strong>, Leiden, The<br />
Netherlands, 4 Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rheumatology</strong>, Leiden University<br />
Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.<br />
583. Preliminary Composite Response Index for Raynaud’s<br />
Phenomenon. Dinesh Khanna 2 , Paul Maranian 2 , Daniel Furst 2 ,<br />
James Seibold 3 , Marco Matucci Cerinic 4 , Jeff Gregory 1 and<br />
Harold Paulus 2 , 1 MediQuest, 2 UCLA, 3 Univ <strong>of</strong> Conneticut, 4 Univ<br />
<strong>of</strong> Florence.<br />
584. Prevalence <strong>of</strong> Coronary Heart Disease in a Cohort <strong>of</strong> Australian<br />
Scleroderma Patients. Gene-Siew Ngian 2 , Joanne Sahhar 7 , Jill<br />
Byron 14 , Susanna Proudman 9 , Catherine Hill 8 , Janet Roddy 11 ,<br />
Peter Youssef 12 , Kathleen Tymms 1 , Leslie Schrieber 10 , Wendy<br />
Stevens 14 , Jane Zochling 6 , Peter Nash 15 , Allan Sturgess 13 , Gabor<br />
Major 5 , Ian Wicks 3 and Sharon Van Doornum 4 , 1 Canberra<br />
<strong>Rheumatology</strong>, Australia, 2 Department <strong>of</strong> Medicine (RMH/<br />
WH), University <strong>of</strong> Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,<br />
3<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Medicine (RMH/WH), University <strong>of</strong> Melbourne,<br />
Melbourne, Australia, 4 Department <strong>of</strong> Medicine (RMH/WH),<br />
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