BACKGROUND Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of the skin and visceral organs. The microangiopathy is early detectable in the course of the disease by nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC), a non-invasive technique with a high diagnostic value. OBJECTIVE Aim of our study was to evaluate the feasibility of a quantitative score and its correlation with the ...

Abstract Anorexia nervosa (AN) as a life-threatening eating disorder is linked to high mortality risk with many deaths attributable cardiovascular etiology. Cardiovascular complications in AN include structural well functional cardiac alterations, hemodynamic changes, and peripheral vascular abnormalities. Despite the fact that abnormalities are not identified major complication, several manife...

OBJECTIVE We report the cases of two patients with the complete CREST variant (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, oesophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia) of systemic sclerosis (SSc) who developed autoimmune hepatitis. RESULTS Our findings suggest that autoimmune hepatitis can be considered to be one of the liver manifestations associated with SSc. Our data also indicate that, b...

Introduction: Psoriasis occurs in 1-5% of population and admissions to hospitals include 6-8% of patients in the dermatological wards. Angiogenesis plays a role in pathogenesis of many skin disorders and it is one of basic phenomena observed in psoriasis. Aim: The aim of this study was to compare capillaroscopic images and neovascularisation factors in the patients diagnosed with psoriasis as w...

Infrared Functional Imaging was applied to the study of Raynaud’s Phenomenon obtaing a simultaneous assessment of the thermal properties of all five fingers of both hands of a group of patients with respect of a control group. The method is based on the use of high-resolution telethermography imaging and allows identification of objective parameters from the re-warming curves of finger immediat...

OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency of calcinosis in patients with juvenile dermatomyositis, and the possible risk factors for that manifestation. METHODS Medical record review of 34 patients, with an emphasis on the following characteristics: demographic, clinical and laboratory data; type of treatment; adherence to treatment; disease course (monocyclic, chronic and polycyclic); and disease se...

Background: Nailfold capillaroscopy is a relatively easy-to-access, low-cost clinical tool that could help identify early coagulopathy in subjects with SARS-CoV-2, but specific findings vs. controls and its possible prognostic role has not been studied. Objectives: To describe capillaroscopic their usefulness patients COVID-19 compared to healthy controls. Methods: We designed cross-sectional s...

The article briefly summarizes data on the role of micro- and macrocirculatory disorders in pathogenesis COVID-19. Focused attention similarities clinical pathogenetic features rheumatic diseases, COVID-19 its complications. review analyzed compared assessment main instrumental studies functional state blood vessels patients with diseases general who suffered from (capillaroscopy occlusion test...