B O O K - American College of Rheumatology

ACR/ARHP Poster Session B
1055. Sonographic Guidance and the Injection of the Rheumatoid
Joint. Courtney R. Johnson 4 , Natalia Chavez Chiang 1 , Suzanne
Delea 1 , Hilliary Norton, Wilmer L. Sibbitt 2 and Arthur D.
Bankhurst 3 , 1 Albuquerque, NM, 2 University of New Mexico HSC,
Albuquerque, NM, 3 University of NM Med Ctr, Albuquerque,
NM, 4 UNM Carrie Tingley Hospital, Albuquerque, NM.
1056. Statin Discontinuation and Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction
in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Study. Mary A.
De Vera 1 , Hyon K. Choi 5 , Michal Abrahamowicz 3 , Jacek Kopec 1 ,
Maria Victoria Goycochea-Robles 4 and Diane V. Lacaille 2 ,
1
Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada,
2
Arthritis Research Ctr Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 3 McGill
University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4 Research Unit of Clinical
Epidemiology, Hospital Regional 1 IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico,
5
Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
1057. Stroke in Rheumatoid Arthritis: (When) Is There an Increased
Risk? Marie E. Holmqvist 1 , Lennart T. H. Jacobsson 3 , Lars
Alfredsson 1 and Johan Askling 2 , 1 Karolinska Institutet,
2
Karolinska University Hospital, 3 Malmö University Hospital.
1058. Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Patients with Rheumatoid
Arthritis Is Associated with Decreased Activity of Lecithin
Cholesterol Acyl: Transferase, a High Density Lipoprotein
(HDL)-Associated Protein Involved in Reverse Cholesterol
Transport. Christina Charles-Schoeman 2 , Yuen Yin Lee 3 , Sogol
Amjadi 3 , John D. FitzGerald 4 , Veena K. Ranganath 2 , Mihaela
Taylor 3 , Maureen A. McMahon 2 , Harold E. Paulus 1 and Srinivasa
T. Reddy 3 , 1 Encino, CA, 2 UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles,
CA, 3 UCLA School of Medicine, 4 UCLA School of Medicine
Rehabilitation, Los Angeles, CA.
1059. Symptomatic Heart Failure, NT-proBNP Levels, and Diastolic
Dysfunction in RA-Patients with and without Anti-TNFa
Therapy. A Prospective Consecutive Cohort Study. Michael
Gottwald 1 , Denio Ridjab 2 , Stephanie Glocke 1 , Kathrin Behring 1 ,
Robert Lange 3 , Christian Butter 1 and Michael Zaenker 1 , 1 EFKH
and Heart Center Brandenburg, Bernau, Germany, 2 EFKH and
Heart Center Brandenburg, Bernau, Germany, 3 Hospitalverbund
and Rheumazentrum Nord-Brandenburg.
1060. The Clinical Features of 13 Women with Microchimerism
in Rheumatoid Nodules. Christopher J. Atkins 4 , William F. N.
Chan 1 , David Naismith 6 , Nicholas van der Westhuizen 6 , Janet
Woo 3 , Valerie Cortez 5 and J. Lee Nelson 2 , 1 Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center, 2 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center and University of Washington, 3 University of British
Columbia, 4 University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada,
5
University of Washington, 6 Vancouver Island Health Authority.
1061. The Clinical Implication of Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide
Antibody in Late Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis. Se Jin Jung 3 ,
Yoon Kang 3 , You-Jung Ha 3 , Kwang-Hoon Lee 3 , Sang Won Lee 3 ,
Min-Chan Park 1 , Soo Kon Lee 2 and Yong-Beom Park, 1 Gangnam
Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2 Yonsei Univ
College of Med, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 3 Yonsei Univ College
of Med.
1062. The Effect of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on the
Incidence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Women’s Health
Initiative Randomized Study. Marius Racovan 10 , Brian Walitt 10 ,
Christopher Collins 10 , Mary Pettinger 2 , Christine Parks 4 , James
Shikany 6 , Jean Wactawski-Wende 8 , JoAnn E. Manson 1 , Larry
Moreland 9 , Nicole Wright 7 , Rebecca Jackson 5 and Barbara V.
Howard 3 , 1 Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical
School, 2 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 3 MedStar
Research Institute, 4 National Institute of Enviromental Health
Sciences, 5 Ohio State University, 6 University of Alabama,
7
University of Arizona, 8 University of Buffalo, 9 University of
Pittsburgh, 10 Washington Hospital Center.
1063. The Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) on Women: Focus
on Pain, Productivity and Relationships. Vibeke Strand 2 , Paul
Emery 1 , Scott Fleming 4 and Catherine Griffin 3 , 1 Chapel Allerton
Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2 Division of Immunology and
Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo
Alto, CA, 3 Echo Research, London, UK, 4 UCB, Slough, UK.
1064. There Are No Differences in Lipids between RA Patients and
Their Siblings, Despite Higher Incidence of CHD in RA. Namita
Kumar, Nicola J. Marshall, David J. Walker and Philip N. Platt,
University Hospital of North Durham.
1065. Thigh Fat and Muscle in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Associations
with Disease Features and Physical Functioning. Henry R.
Kramer 1 , Kevin R. Fontaine 1 , Joan M. Bathon 1 and Jon T. Giles 2 ,
1
Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
MD, 2 Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD.
1066. TNF Inhibitors and the Risk of Fracture in Rheumatoid
Arthritis. Daniel Hal Solomon 3 , Seo Young Kim 1 , Jun Liu 2 , Claire
Canning 2 and Sebastian Schneeweiss 2 , 1 Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Boston, MA, 2 Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
3
Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA.
1067. Traditional and Novel Risk Markers for Atherosclerosis but
Not Clinical Measures of Inflammatory Disease Are Associated
with Atheromatous Plaque Presence in Early Inflammatory
Polyarthritis-Results from the Norfolk Arthritis Register
(NOAR). Hoda Mirjafari 3 , Suzanne M. M. Verstappen 2 , Diane
Bunn 6 , Helena Edlin 5 , Valentine Charlton-Menys 4 , Philip
Pemberton 5 , Tarnya Marshall 6 , Paddy Wilson 6 , Mark Lunt 2 ,
Deborah P. Symmons 7 and Ian N. Bruce 1 , 1 Arthritis Research
UK Epidemiology Unit, Stopford Building, The University of
Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2 Arthritis Research
UK Epidemiology Unit, Stopford Building, The University of
Manchester, 3 Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, The
University of Manchester, 4 Cardiovascular Research Group,
The University of Manchester, 5 Manchester Royal Infirmary,
6
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 7 Univ of Manchester,
Manchester, United Kingdom.
1068. Unaffected First-Degree Relatives of RA Patients Exhibit a High
Prevalence of Joint Symptoms That Is Not Explained by the
Presence of RA Autoantibodies: Studies in a Predisposed North
American Native Population. Irene Smolik 3 , Qier Tan 3 , Xikui
Wang 3 , Donna Hart 3 , Marianna Newkirk 1 , Charles N. Bernstein 3 ,
David B. Robinson 3 and Hani S. El-Gabalawy 2 , 1 McGill University,
2
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 3 University of
Manitoba.
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Human Etiology and Pathogenesis II
1069. ‘Shared’ T-Cell Clones Identified in Lymph Nodes and Synovial
Tissue of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Using a Novel
High Throughput Sequencing Technology. Paul L. Klarenbeek 4 ,
Marjolein J. de Hair 4 , Stefano Alivernini 4 , Marleen G. van de
Sande 4 , Marieke E. Doorenspleet 4 , Barbera D. van Schaik 3 ,
Ferco H. Berger 2 , Rebecca E. Esveldt 4 , Antoine H. van Kampen 3 ,
Danielle M. Gerlag 4 , Frank Baas 5 , Paul P. Tak 1 and Niek de
Vries 4 , 1 Academic Med Ctr/Univ of Amsterdam, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, 2 Dept of Radiology, Academic Medical
Center-University of Amsterdam, 3 Dept. of Clin. Epidemiology,
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center-
University of Amsterdam, 4 Div of Clin Immunology &
Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center-University of
Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 5 Lab. For Genome
Analysis, Academic Medical Center-University of Amsterdam.
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