Abstracts tagged "scleroderma and gastrointestinal complications"

Abstract Number: 1660 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Serial Sublingual Videomicroscopy in Systemic Sclerosis Clinic: Are the Microcirculation Measurements Correlated with Gastrointestinal Symptoms?
Tracy Frech¹, Guo Wei ² and Maureen Murtaugh ³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah and Salt Lake VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University of Utah and Salt Lake VAMC, Salt Lake City
Background/Purpose: Intravital microscopy of the sublingual microcirculation provides estimates of perfused barrier region (PBR) and red blood cell fraction (RBCfract), which quantifies vasculopathy and, similar…