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ArticleJournal of ultrasonography2017

Rheumatoid arthritis: what do MRI and ultrasound show.

Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska, Lennart Jans, James Teh

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Article in Journal of ultrasonography, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06593990 (Left Atrial Function and Dimensions As Predictors of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06593990 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Left Atrial Function and Dimensions As Predictors of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

TypeobservationalSponsorAssiut UniversityRan2024 to 2026Enrolled108ConditionsRhematoid ArthritisArmsechocardography, musculoskeletal ultrasonography, lipid profile test, C reactive protein, Complete blood count CBC
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Iwona Sudoł-SzopińskaDepartment of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland.
Lennart JansDepartment of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium.
James TehNuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Ghent University Hospital · BEMedical University of Warsaw · PLOxford University Hospitals NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common inflammatory arthritis, affecting approximately 1% of the world's population. Its pathogenesis has not been completely understood. However, there is evidence that the disease may involve synovial joints, subchondral bone marrow as well as intra- and extraarticular fat tissue, and may lead to progressive joint destruction and disability. Over the last two decades, significant improvement in its prognosis has been achieved owing to new strategies for disease management, the emergence of new biologic therapies and better utilization of conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. Prompt diagnosis and appropriate therapy have been recognized as essential for improving clinical outcomes in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. Despite the potential of ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging to visualize all tissues typically involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis, the diagnosis of early disease remains difficult due to limited specificity of findings. This paper summarizes the pathogenesis phenomena of rheumatoid arthritis and describes rheumatoid arthritis-related features of the disease within the synovium, subchondral bone marrow and articular fat tissue on MRI and ultrasound. Moreover, the paper aims to illustrate the significance of MRI and ultrasound findings in rheumatoid arthritis in the diagnosis of subclinical and early inflammation, and the importance of MRI and US in the follow-up and establishing remission. Finally, we also discuss MRI of the spine in rheumatoid arthritis, which may help assess the presence of active inflammation and complications.

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early arthritisimagingmagnetic resonance imagingrheumatoid arthritisultrasonography

Identifiers

PMID28439423
PMCPMC5392548
OpenAlexW2607925368

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