Abstract Number: 2004 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Simplified Assessment in Capillaroscopy
Background/Purpose: Nailfold Capillaroscopy is a non-invasive diagnostic technique designed to evaluate small vessels of the microcirculation. The most important indication for capillaroscopy is Raynaud’s phenomenon.…Abstract Number: 2007 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disturbances of the Acral Perfusion Detected By Fluorescence Optical Imaging Are Associated with the Development of Ischemic Complications in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a condition causing impaired microcirculation with the risk of ischemic complications such as digital ulcers and pitting scars (DU/PS). Fluorescence…Abstract Number: 2096 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Nailfold Capillaroscopy Is an Opportunity for Telerheumatology
Background/Purpose: The 2013 classification criteria for systemic sclerosis (SSc) provide 2 points (towards a 9 point diagnosis) for patients who have abnormal capillaroscopy. In the…Abstract Number: 1389 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Alterations in Nailfold Capillaroscopy in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Role of Disease Activity in a Prospective Study
Background/Purpose: The association between disease activity and nailfold capillaroscopy (NC) alterations has been described in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, data on longitudinal assessment of…Abstract Number: 1874 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Low Rate of Progression in Cases of Isolated Raynaud’s Phenomenon Screened By Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy and Antinuclear Antibody Status Supports Negative Predictive Value of These Tests
Background/Purpose: Raynaud’s phenomenon is common but can progress to definite connective tissue disease. We have observed long term follow up of an unselected consecutive…Abstract Number: 1885 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Can Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy Images be Interpreted Reliably By Different Observers? Results of an Inter-Reader and Intra-Reader Exercise Among Rheumatologists with Different Experience in This Field
Background/Purpose: Nailfold videocapillaroscopy (VCP) has become an established method to assess the microcirculation in patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon and connective tissue diseases. The 2013 Systemic…Abstract Number: 2913 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Four Year Effects of Combined Bosentan and Iloprost Treatment on Nailfold Absolute Capillary Number, Fingertip Blood Perfusion and Clinical Status, in Systemic Sclerosis Patients
Background/Purpose: In systemic sclerosis (SSc), microvascular damage progresses from capillary dilation to capillary loss and reactive angiogenesis, as detectable by nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) [1]. The…Abstract Number: 193 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Going Back to Basics – Redefining the Normal Pattern in Nailfold Capillaroscopy in a Large Healthy Population: Results of the German “Rheuma-Truck” Cohort
Background/Purpose: Capillaroscopy is as a useful diagnostic tool in various connective tissue diseases characterized by microangiopathy and vasculitis. Different pathological patterns especially for systemic sclerosis…Abstract Number: 273 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Progression Predictive Factors in Patients with Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease: A Cohort Study
Background/Purpose: In recent years there has been a growing interest in establishing the concept of Undifferentiated CTD (UCTD) and defining its clinical evolution. Remarkable are…Abstract Number: 1925 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interleukin-35 Is Upregulated in Systemic Sclerosis and Its Serum Levels Are Increased in Early Disease
Background/Purpose: Interleukin-35 (IL-35) is the most recent addition to the IL-12 family, which also comprises IL-12, IL-23 and IL-27. IL-35 consists of two chains, p35/IL-12a…Abstract Number: 2255 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Capillaroscopic Patterns in a Healthy Population
Background/Purpose: Capillaroscopy is a noninvasive and safe method that allows visualization of the capillaries in the finger nailfold, it is useful in the evaluation of…Abstract Number: 2971 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Raynaud Phenomenon Subjects with Abnormal Capillary Dilations Show a Risk Threshold Diameter Value for the Transition to the Capillaroscopic Early� Scleroderma Pattern: A Case Control Study
Background/Purpose: Nailfold Video Capillaroscopy (NVC) is a reliable method to qualitatively differentiate Primary (PRP) from Secondary Raynaud Phenomenon (SRP) through diagnosis of the “early scleroderma…Abstract Number: 2710 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The New ACR-EULAR 2013 Systemic Sclerosis Classification Criteria Show Good Performance in a Capillaroscopy Clinic
Background/Purpose: To analyze the validity of the new 2013 ACR-EULAR Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) classification criteria versus SSc clinical diagnosis in patients from a capillaroscopy clinic…Abstract Number: 1926 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy Patterns Associated with Calcinosis and Acro-Osteolysis in Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis and acro-osteolysis are frequent in systemic sclerosis (SSc). They may be related to digital vasculopathy, which can be assessed by nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC).…Abstract Number: 2583 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Treatment With Endothelin Receptor Antagonist Increases Peripheral Blood Perfusion In Systemic Sclerosis Patients
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by progressive impairment of the microvascular system and decrease of peripheral blood perfusion (PBP) (1-3). The vasoactive peptide endothelin-1…
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