Doppler ultrasound predicts successful discontinuation of biological DMARDs in rheumatoid arthritis patients in clinical remission.

Lene TerslevCecilie Heegaard BraheMerete Lund HetlandStylianos GeorgiadisKaren EllegaardLars JuulTuan HuynhUffe Møller DøhnViktoria FanaTorsten MøllerSimon KrabbeLykke Midtbøll ØrnbjergDaniel GlinatsiHenrik RøgindAnette HansenJesper NørregaardSøren JacobsenDorte Vendelbo JensenNatalia ManiloKarsten AsmussenMikael BoesenZoreh RastiemadabadiLone Morsel-CarlsenJakob Møllenbach MøllerNiels Steen KroghMikkel Østergaard

Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2022)

Doppler sum score was an independent predictor for successful discontinuation of bDMARDs at the 2-year follow-up-the odds for achieving successful discontinuation decreased by 56% per one-unit increase in Doppler sum score. Ultrasound could not predict successful tapering.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis patients
disease activity
magnetic resonance imaging
blood flow
rheumatoid arthritis
computed tomography
ultrasound guided
contrast enhanced ultrasound