Systemic sclerosis is a rare and chronic connective tissue disease resulting from an intricate
pathogenesis and is expressed in very heterogeneous clinical manifestations. Every year …

Feature-tracking cardiac magnetic resonance (FT-CMR), with the ability to quantify
myocardial deformation, has a unique role in the evaluation of subclinical myocardial …

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune, multi-organ, connective tissue disease
associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Conventional immunosuppressive …

Aims Albeit often asymptomatic, heart involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) represents a
negative prognostic factor, accounting for nearly one-fourth of all deaths. Global longitudinal …

ABSTRACT Introduction Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune rheumatic
disease characterized by microvascular alterations, immunopathology and widespread …

Aims Cardiac disease in systemic sclerosis (SSc) may be primary or secondary to other
disease manifestations of SSc. The prevalence of the primary cardiomyopathy of SSc is …

Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterised by microvascular and fibrotic lesions,
which are located not only in skin but also in lungs and heart. Objective This study aimed to …

Sirs, Early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is crucial for a prompt identification of organ
involvement and for an early treatment (1). The preliminary criteria for the very early …

Abstract Background Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), an intricate autoimmune disease causing
tissue fibrosis, introduces cardiovascular complexities, notably pulmonary hypertension …