The role of nailfold capillaroscopy in monitoring lung involvement in systemic sclerosis

The role of nailfold capillaroscopy in monitoring lung involvement in systemic sclerosis

The usefulness of capillaroscopy in the follow-up of scleroderma patients and the possible prognostic role for the appearance of visceral involvement is suggested by many authors but still under debate.The aim of this study was to assess the role of monitoring capillaroscopic abnormalities (qualitat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista română de reumatologie 2019-03, Vol.28 (1), p.17-22
Hauptverfasser: Groseanu, Laura, Paraschiva, Patricia, Balanescu, Andra, Bojinca, Violeta, Opris-Belinski, Daniela, Borangiu, Andreea, Saulescu, Ioana, Mazilu, Diana, Daia-Iliescu, Sanziana, Berghea, Florian, Constantinescu, Cosmin, Negru, Maria-Magdalena, Abobului, Mihai, Cobilinschi, Claudia, Ionescu, Ruxandra
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Sprache:eng
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lung involvement
monitoring
nailfold capillaroscopy
systemic sclerosis
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Zusammenfassung:The usefulness of capillaroscopy in the follow-up of scleroderma patients and the possible prognostic role for the appearance of visceral involvement is suggested by many authors but still under debate.The aim of this study was to assess the role of monitoring capillaroscopic abnormalities (qualitative and semiquantitative) in relation with parameters of interstitial lung involvement and pulmonary arterial hypertension(PAH). A strong correlation was identified between initial capillaroscopy scores and FVC (r=-.47, p=0.002), DLCO (r=- .51, p< 0.001) and sPAP (r=0.34, p1) was asociated with worsening of FVC (r=0.32,p
ISSN:1843-0791
2069-6086
DOI:10.37897/RJR.2019.1.4