Systemic sclerosis is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by a chronic and
frequently progressive course and by extensive patient-to-patient variability. Like other …

Raynaud phenomenon is a symptom complex caused by impaired digital perfusion and can
occur as a primary phenomenon or secondary to a wide range of underlying causes …

Digital ulcers (DUs) are a common visible manifestation of the progressive vascular disease
that characterizes the SSc disease process. DUs not only impact significantly on patients' …

Objective To identify nailfold videocapillaroscopic features and other clinical risk factors for
new digital ulcers (DUs) during a 6‐month period in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) …

Objective Assessment of associations of nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) scleroderma
patterns ('early','active'and 'late') with future severe clinical involvement in a systemic …

Capillaroscopy is a non-invasive, easy and safe diagnostic technique designed to evaluate
small vessels of the microcirculation in the nailfold. It can reveal both the general …

Systemic sclerosis (SSc), the most lethal of rheumatologic conditions, is the cause of death
in> 50% of SSc cases, led by pulmonary fibrosis followed by pulmonary hypertension and …

Capillaroscopy is a non-invasive and safe tool to morphologically study the microcirculation.
In rheumatology it has a dual use. First, it has a role in differential diagnosis of patients with …

Nailfold capillaroscopy has been extensively applied in a broad spectrum of pathologic
conditions, but very few data have been published in healthy individuals. The aim of this …

Objective To determine the merit of nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) to detect meaningful
microvascular changes over time in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and whether …