B O O K - American College of Rheumatology

ACR/ARHP Poster Session C
1622. Fluorescence Imaging of Articular Proteinase Activities and
Osteoblast Activity Showed Treatment Response to Anti-
Interleukin-1 Antibodies in a Mouse Model of Collagen-
Induced Arthritis. Fons A. J. van de Loo, Eline Vermeij, Onno J.
Arntz, Marije Koenders and Wim B. van den Berg, Department
of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre,
Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
1623. High Reliability of Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy – An Outcome
Measure for Systemic Sclerosis-Related Microvsacular
Disease? Herman Hofstee 4 , Erik Serné 4 , Chris Roberts 2 , Roger
Hesselstrand 1 , Agneta Scheja 1 , Tonia Moore 3 , Marie Wildt 1 ,
Joanne Manning 2 , Anton Vonk Noordegraaf 4 , Alexandre Voskuyl 4
and Ariane Herrick 2 , 1 Lund University, Sweden, 2 The University
of Manchester, United Kingdom, 3 The University of Manchester,
United Kingdom 4 VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
1624. Hypodermal Compressibility as a Diagnostic Test for
Eosinophilic Fasciitis. Eugene Y. Kissin 1 , Michael R. York 2 and
Robert W. Simms 3 , 1 Boston University, Boston, MA, 2 Boston
University Medical Ctr, Boston, MA, 3 Boston University School of
Medicine, Boston, MA.
1625. Novel PET/MR Fusion Imaging and Quantification of Knee
Synovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis. John T. Ryan 4 , C. T. Ng 1 ,
Aisling Kennedy 2 , Robert G. Gibney 1 , Oliver Fitzgerald 1 , Patrick C.
Brennan 5 , Eric Heffernan 1 , Jonathan McNulty 3 , Louise Rainford 3 ,
Ursula Fearon 1 and Douglas Veale 1 , 1 Dublin Academic Medical
Centre, Dublin, Ireland, 2 Dublin Academic Medical Centre,
3
University College Dublin, 4 University of Sydney, Lidcombe,
NSW, Australia, 5 University of Sydney.
1626. Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Carpal Tunnel Injections
Using Sonographic Needle Guidance. Natalia R. Chavez-Chiang 2 ,
Suzanne Delea 1 , Wilmer L. Sibbitt 3 , Arthur D. Bankhurst 4 and
Hillary Norton 2 , 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM,
2
University of New Mexico, 3 University of New Mexico HSC,
Albuquerque, NM, 4 University of NM Med Ctr, Albuquerque,
NM.
1627. WITHDRAWN
1628. Potential Use of Matrix Metalloproteinase-13 Fluorogenic
Probe for Imaging Osteoarthritis Development In Vivo. Sung
Jae Choi 2 , Young Ho Lee 2 , Jong Dae Ji 2 and Gwan Gyu Song 1 ,
1
Korea Univ College of Med, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2 Korea
Univ College of Medicine, Korea, Republic of.
1629. Psychometric Properties of Synovitis Assessed in Rheumatoid
Arthritis: Improved Intraobserver Reliability of Ultrasound vs.
Clinical Evaluation in an Ancillary Study of the “Etanercept
Versus DMARDs” Randomized, Prospective, Multicentre Study.
Peter Mandl 5 , Peter V. Balint 5 , Yves Brault 4 , Marina Backhaus 9 ,
Maria Antonietta D’Agostino 7 , Walter Grassi 1 , Desiree M. Van
Der Heijde 3 , Eugenio De Miguel 8 , Richard J. Wakefield 6 , Isabelle
Logeart 4 and Maxime Dougados 2 , 1 Clinica Reumatologica,
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi, Ancona, Italy,
2
Hospital Cochin, Paris, France, 3 Leiden University Medical
Center, Meerssen, The Netherlands, 4 Pfizer, La Défense, Paris,
France, 5 Rheumatology Department III, National Institute of
Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Pest, Hungary,
6
Rheumatology Department, University of Leeds, Chapel
Allerton Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom, 7 Rheumatology
Department, Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines University;
APHP, Ambroise-Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France,
8
Rheumatology Unit, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain,
Spain, 9 University Medicine Berlin: Campus Charité Mitte,
Berlin, Germany.
1630. Sensitivity and Specificity of the Physical Examination
Compared to Ultrasound in Identifying Knee and Ankle
Arthritis in JIA. Ginger L. Janow 3 , Vikash Panghaal 2 , Terry L.
Levin 2 and Norman T. Ilowite 1 , 1 Children’s Hospital Montefiore,
Bronx, NY, 2 Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical
Center, 3 Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Children’s Hospital
Montefiore, New York, NY.
1631. The Comparison of Ultrasound & Physical Findings (CUSP)
Remission Study – Ultrasound Remission Is Attained in Only
20% of Patients on Anti-TNF Therapy. Joanne M. Kitchen 1 ,
Bernadette M. Lynch 3 , Oliver M. FitzGerald 2 , Douglas J. Veale 3
and David Kane 1 , 1 Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin,
Ireland, 2 St Vincents Univ Hospital, Ranelagh Dublin, Ireland, 3 St
Vincents Univ Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
1632. The Power Doppler Ultrasonography Score from 24
Synovial Sites or 6 Simplified Synovial Sites, Including the
Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) Joints, Reflects Well the Clinical
Disease Activity and Serum Biomarkers in Patients with
Rheumatoid Arthritis. Atsushi Kawakami 1 , Shin-ya Kawashiri 1 ,
Naoki Iwamoto 1 , Mami Tamai 1 , Hideki Nakamura 1 , Junko Kita 1 ,
Akitomo Okada 1 , Tomohiro Koga 1 , Satoshi Yamasaki 1 , Tomoki
Origuchi 1 and Katsumi Eguchi 2 , 1 Nagasaki University, Nagasaki,
Japan, 2 Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan.
1633. The Role of Ultrasound in B Mode and Power Doppler
Sonography in the Diagnosis of Enthesitis in Children.
Dana Toib 1 , Anthony R. French 1 , Nirvikar Dahiya 2 , William
D. Middleton 2 , Richard Brasington 1 and Andrew J. White 1 ,
1
Washington Univ Schl of Med, St Louis, MO, 2 Washington Univ
Schl of Med.
1634. Ultrasound Bone Erosions – Their Morphological Basis
Obtained by High-Resolution Micro-Computed Tomography
Imaging. Stephanie Finzel 2 , Sarah Ohrndorf 1 , Matthias
Englbrecht 2 , Christian M. Stach 2 , Janin Messerschmidt 1 , Georg
Schett 3 and Marina Backhaus 4 , 1 Charite University Hospital,
Berlin, Germany, 2 Department of Internal Medicine 3 , University
of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, 3 Friedrich
Alexander Univ, Erlangen, Germany, 4 University Medicine Berlin:
Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
1635. Ultrasound Lung Comets. Validity, Reproducibility and
Feasibility of a Simplified Assessment of Pulmonary Interstitial
Fibrosis in Connective Tissue Disorders. Marwin Gutierrez 1 ,
Fausto Salaffi 1 , Marina Carotti 3 , Marika Tardella 1 , Chiara
Bertolazzi 1 , Elisabetta Bichisecchi 3 , Mara Giorgi 3 , Alarico Ariani 1 ,
Carlos Pineda 2 , Emilio Filippucci 1 and Walter Grassi 1 , 1 Clinica
Reumatologica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi,
Ancona, Italy, 2 Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Mexico
City, Mexico, 3 S.O.D Radiologia Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze
Radiologiche, Ospedale Riuniti, Ancona.
1636. Use of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Early
Inflammatory Arthritis: Are Limited Joint Surveys Adequate?
Paramvir Sidhu, Jeffrey Lisse, Rafael Grau, Eric P. Gall and Mihra
Taljanovic, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
1637. Utility of Ultrasound in the Diagnostic Assessment of
Shoulder Pain in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Results from an
International, Prospective, Multi-Center Longitudinal Study.
ACR–EULAR Study Group for Development of Classification
Criteria for PMR. Wolfgang A. Schmidt 17 , Marco A. Cimmino 9 ,
Peter Mandl 18 , Peter V. Balint 1 , Annamaria Iagnocco 22 , Richard J.
Wakefield 20 , Michael Schirmer 4 , Carlo Salvarani 10 , Artur Bachta 16 ,
Maria C. Cid 15 , Christina Duftner 8 , Christian Dejaco 12 , Georgina
Espígol-Frigolé 2 , Pierluigi Macchioni 10 , Zsuzsa Schmidt 18 ,
Novák P. Kaposi 19 , Gyula Poór 18 , Elizabeth Nordborg 23 , Haner
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