Abstracts tagged "connective tissue diseases and Raynaud’s phenomenon"

Abstract Number: 728 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy Patterns and Digital Occlusive Arterial Disease on Laser Doppler Flowmetry Strongly Predicts the Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis and Other Connective Tissue Diseases
Yasser Radwan¹, Tina Gunderson ², Cynthia Crowson ³, David Liedl ⁴, Alicia Hinze ¹, Kenneth Warrington ⁴, Paul Wennberg ⁴ and Ashima Makol ¹, ¹Mayo Clinic Minnesota, rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, ⁴Mayo Clinic Rochester, rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Vasculopathy is a key feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc), a chronic autoimmune disease associated with widespread fibrosis and internal organ dysfunction. While structural abnormalities…
Abstract Number: 1629 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Significance of Abnormal Nailfold Videocapillarscopy Among Patients with Raynaud’s Phenomenon And/or Suspected Connective Tissue Disease: A Cross-Sectional Single-Center US Experience
Yasser Radwan¹, Tina Gunderson ², Cynthia Crowson ³, Alicia Hinze ¹, Kevin Moder ⁴, Floranne Ernste ⁴, Shreyasee Amin ⁴, Uma Thanarajasingam ², Thomas Osborn ¹, Kenneth Warrington ⁴, Paul Wennberg ⁴ and Ashima Makol ¹, ¹Mayo Clinic Minnesota, rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, ⁴Mayo Clinic Rochester, rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) is a simple, non-invasive & highly sensitive tool to evaluate structural abnormalities of the microcirculation in vivo and considered a key…