… cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc), its … , a systematic review on
chest CT findings as predictors of … CT mortality or ILD progression predictors in SSc-ILD, from …

… We retrospectively retrieved the database information of patients with systemic sclerosis
seen at our hospital between January 2007 and December 2008. A total of 75 patients had …

… to determine whether computed tomography could discriminate between a fibrotic and an
inflammatory histological appearance in patients with systemic sclerosis who develop fibrosing …

Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) carries a high risk of progressive interstitial lung disease
(ILD), but tools for stratifying individual risk are scarce. The purpose of this study was to …

Objectives. In a multi-centre study, we sought to determine whether extent of disease on
high-resolution CT (HRCT) lung, reported using a simple grading system, is predictive of decline …

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease affecting multiple organ systems,
including the lungs. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of death in SSc. …

Background The extent of lung involvement visualized by high-resolution computed
tomography (HRCT) is a predictor of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) in scleroderma–interstitial …

… Major risk factors for mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc) related to organ systems. Risk
factors for mortality according to recent data from two large cohorts (EUSTAR and Pittsburgh …

… an evolving area of research, Citation3 and valid SSc-prediction tools do not exist. … systemic
sclerosis [PreSSc], undifferentiated connective tissue disease at risk for systemic sclerosis […

… We tested the discriminatory and predictive performances of the SPAR prediction model in
both derivation and validation cohorts. The AUCs for the SPAR score were 0.83 (95% CI 0.73 …