At the ACR Convergence 2024 Year in Review lecture, experts discussed advancements in disease understanding and treatments, as well as in basic science.
Top Research in Rheumatoid Arthritis Presented at ACR Convergence 2024
Why this research is relevant to clinicians today & researchers in the future WASHINGTON, D.C.—The ACR Convergence 2024 meeting in Washington, D.C., reflected the continued advancement of science and practical research in the field of rheumatoid arthritis. Highlights this year centered on new RA treatments and new uses of existing treatments; the use of artificial…
Patients with RA in the Setting of Cardiovascular Disease
How can we best care for our patients from a joint & cardiovascular perspective? That’s the question Christina Charles-Schoeman, MD, MS, professor of medicine and chief, Division of Rheumatology, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Santa Monica, Calif., addressed in a session at ACR Convergence 2024.
Where Are We with RA? Prevention, Treatment & Management Challenges
In this Review Course at ACR Convergence 2024, Iain McInnes, PhD, FRCP, discussed some of the challenges of RA: Remission is drug maintained, multimorbidity abounds, treatment strategies can be complex, & prevention is not yet possible.
Advancements in Imaging
Experts shared insights into their work on building consensus for the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound for the diagnosis and management of RA and PsA.
Risky Business: Understanding What It Means to Be at Risk for RA
The goal is to identify people at risk for RA &, perhaps, prevent its onset.
Catch Your Breath: Understanding Interstitial Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
The session highlighted the importance of correctly identifying and treating patients with RA-ILD early in their disease course.
New Guidance Proposed for Ultrasound Use in RA
In a session on a current ACR project on musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS), Gurjit Kaeley, MBBS, RhMSUS, MRCP, division chief, professor of medicine, fellowship program director and program director for musculoskeletal ultrasound at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, will present information on proposed guidance related to rheumatoid arthritis. The ACR places a high…
An Expert’s Take on the Best Research in RA to Be Presented at ACR Convergence 2024
With thousands of research abstracts and posters being presented at ACR Convergence 2024, Nov. 14–19, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., figuring out which research is important today, which could prove important in the future, what has the potential to affect clinical care or prove the basis for future research is…
Updates in RA-Associated ILD
On Sunday, Nov. 17, at ACR Convergence 2024, three speakers will deliver a presentation on Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Advances in Screening, Diagnosis and Patient Phenotyping. This session will have three 20-minute presentations that cover distinct aspects of RA-associated ILD from early identification of ILD through high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) text mining, to phenotyping…