Nailfold capillaroscopy is useful for the diagnosis and follow-up of autoimmune rheumatic diseases. A future tool for the analysis of microvascular heart involvement?

Rheumatology

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2006, Pages

  Cutolo, Maurizio ^a   Sulli, A ^a   Secchi, M E ^a   Paolino, S ^a   Pizzorni, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CAPILLAROSCOPY; COLD EXPOSURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MICROANGIOPATHY; NAIL BED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCLERODERMA; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CAPILLARIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; NAILS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 33749003080     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel310     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Cutolo M, Grassi W, Matucci Cerinic M. Raynaud's phenomenon and the role of capillaroscopy. Arthritis Rheum 2003;48:3023-30.
2. Brown GE, O'Leary PA. Skin capillaries in scleroderma. Arch Intern Med 1925;36:73-88.
3. Maricq HR, LeRoy EC. Patterns of finger capillary abnormalities in connective tissue disease by 'wide-field' microscopy. Arthritis Rheum 1973;16:619-28.
4. Cutolo M, Sulli A, Pizzorni C, Accardo S. Nailfold videocapillaroscopy assessment of microvascular damage in systemic sclerosis. J Rheumatol 2000;27:155-60.
5. Blann AD, Illinworth K, Jayson MIV. Mechanisms of endothelial damage in systemic sclerosis and Raynaud's phenomenon. J Rheumatol 1993;20:1325-30.
6. Carpentier PH, Maricq HR. Microvasculature in systemic sclerosis. Rheum Dis Clin North Am 1990;16:75-91.
7. Maricq HR, Le Roy EC, D'Angelo WA et al. Diagnostic potential of in vivo capillary microscopy in scleroderma and related disorders. Arthritis Rheum 1980;23:183-9.
8. Blockmans D, Beyens G, Verhaeghe R. Predictive value of nailfold capillaroscopy in the diagnosis of connective tissue disease. Clin Rheumatol 1996;15:148-53.
9. Grassi W, Core P, Carlino G, Cervini C. Acute effects of single dose nifedipine on cold-induced changes of microvascular dynamics in systemic sclerosis. Br J Rheumatol 1994;33:1154-61.
10. Chandran G, Smith M, Ahern MJ, Roberts-Thomson PJ. A study of scleroderma in South Australia: Prevalence, subset characteristics and nailfold capillaroscopy. Aust N Z J Med 1995;25:688-94.
11. Mannarino E, Pasqualini L, Fedeli F et al. Nailfold capillaroscopy in the screening and diagnosis of Raynaud's phenomenon. Angiology 1994;45:37-42.
12. Andrade LEC, Gabriel A,Jr, Assad RL et al. Panoramic nailfold capillaroscopy: A new reading method and normal range. Semin Arthritis Rheum 1990;20:21-31.
13. Kabasakal Y, Elvins DM, Ring EFJ, McHugh NJ. Quantitative nailfold capillaroscopy findings in a population with connective tissue disease and in normal healthy controls. Ann Rheum Dis 1996;55:507-12.
14. Bollinger A, Fagrell B. Collagen vascular disease and related disorders. In: Clinical capillaroscopy. Hogrefe & Huber, Publ, Switzerland 1990;121-43.
15. Grassi W, Core P, Carlino G, Blasetti P, Cervini M. Labial capillary microscopy in systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis 1993;52:564-9.
16. Grassi W, Medico PD, Izzo F, Cervini C. Microvascular involvement in systemic sclerosis: Capillaroscopic findings. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2001;30:397-402.
17. Nobili F, Cutolo M, Sulli A et al. Impaired quantitative cerebral blood flow in scleroderma patients. J Neurol Sci 1997;152:63-71.
18. Sulli A, Savarino V, Cutolo M. Lack of correlation between gastric Helicobacter pylori infection and primary or secondary Raynaud's phenomenon in patients with systemic sclerosis. J Rheumatol 2000;27:1820-1.
19. Cutolo M, Nobili F, Sulli A et al. Evidence of cerebral hypoperfusion in scleroderma patients. Rheumatology 2000;39:1366-73.
20. Filaci G, Cutolo M, Basso M et al. Long-term treatment of patients affected by systemic sclerosis with cyclosporin A. Rheumatology 2001;40:259-60.
21. Distler O, Del Rosso A, Giacomelli R et al. Angiogenic and angiostatic factors in systemic sclerosis: Increased levels of vascular endothelial growth factor are a feature of the earliest disease stages and are associated with the absence of fingertip ulcers. Arthritis Res 2002;4:11.
22. Nagy Z, Czirjak L. Nailfold digital capillaroscopy in 447 patients with connective tissue disease and Raynaud's disease. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2004;18:62-8.
23. Klyscz T, Bogenschutz O, Junger M, Rassner G. Microangiopathic changes and functional disorders of nail fold capillaries in dermatomyositis. Hautarzt 1996;47:289-93.
24. Bergman R, Sharony L, Schapira D et al. The handheld dermatoscope as a nail-fold capillaroscopic instrument. Arch Dermatol 2003;139: 1027-30.
25. Candela M, Pansoni A, De Carolis ST et al. Nailfold capillary microscopy in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome. Recenti Prog Med 1998;89:444-9.
26. Furtado RN, Pucinelli ML, Cristo VV et al. Scleroderma-like nailfold capillaroscopic abnormalities are associated with anti-U1-RNP antibodies and Raynaud's phenomenon in SLE patients. Lupus 2002;11:35-41.
27. Bongard O, Bounameaux H, Miescher PA, De Moerloose P. Association of anticardiolipin antibodies and abnormal nailfold capillaroscopy in patients with systemic lupus. Lupus 1995;4:14-21.
28. Sulli A, Pizzorni C, Cutolo M. Nailfold videocapillaroscopy abnormalities in patients with antiphospholipid antibodies. J Rheumatol 2000;27:1574-6.
29. Vaz JL, Dancour MA, Bottino DA, Bouskela E. Nailfold video-capillaroscopy in primary antiphospholipid syndrome (DAPS). Rheumatology 2004;43:1025-7.
30. Tektonidou M, Kaskani E, Skopouli FN, Moutsopoulos HM. Microvascular abnormalities in Sjogren's syndrome: Nailfold capillaroscopy. Rheumatology 1999;38:826-30.
31. Capobianco KG, Xavier RM, Bredemeier M, Restelli VG, Brenol JC. Nailfold capillaroscopic findings in primary Sjogrens syndrome: Clinical and serological correlations. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2005; 23:789-94.
32. Cheng KS, Tiwari A, Boutin A et al. Differentiation of primary and secondary Raynaud's disease by carotid arterial stiffness. Vasc Med 1997;2:296-301.
33. Cutolo M, Pizzorni C, Tuccio M et al. Nailfold videocapillaroscopic patterns and serum autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology 2004;43:719-26.
34. Atzeni F, Bardoni A, Cutolo M, Hunzelmann N, Krieg T, Martini G. Localized and systemic forms of scleroderma in adults and children. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2006;24(1 Suppl 40):S36-45.
35. Cutolo M, Sulli A, Secchi ME, Pizzorni C. Capillaroscopy and rheumatic diseases: The state of the art. Z Rheumatol 2006;65:290-6.