Systemic sclerosis patients with and without pulmonary arterial hypertension: A nailfold capillaroscopy study

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1525-1528

  Riccieri, Valeria ^a   Vasile, Massimiliano ^a   Iannace, Nicoletta ^a   Stefanantoni, Katia ^a   Sciarra, Iliana ^a   Vizza, Carmine D ^a   Badagliacca, Roberto ^a   Poscia, Roberto ^a   Papa, Silvia ^a   Mezzapesa, Mario ^a   Nocioni, Martina ^a   Valesini, Guido ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nailfold videocapillaroscopy; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RATING SCALE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

NAILFOLD VIDEOCAPILLAROSCOPY; PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

AGED; CAPILLARIES; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84880630272     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket168     Document Type: Article

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