Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune multisystemic disease characterized by fibrosis and vasculopathy. [1] Mortality in patients with systemic who present interstitial lung can be up to 3x healthy population. [2] It estimated that 70-90% have disease. [3] High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of chest recognized as sensitive imaging method for evaluating pulmonary in...

Capillaroscopy consists of in vivo observation of microvessels using special microscopes with a short focal length. Normally, when looking at the nail fold, where capillaroscopy is commonly used, the capillaries are arranged like hairpins, lined up in parallel or obliquely to the field of vision in three or four layers above the subpapillary venous network, approximately 20 loops per mm. Ionisi...

The important role of microcirculation in the pathophysiology and symptoms of peripheral arterial obliterative disease (PAOD) has been progressively emphasized during the past twenty years, thanks to the use of different non-invasive methods, such as capillaroscopy, laser Doppler (LD) fluxmetry and transcutaneous measurement of oxygen tension (tcPO2). Basally, in the diseased leg of stage II PA...

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to review the diagnostic ability of different quantification methods in the assessment of vibration-induced white finger (VWF), the typical clinical manifestation of vascular injuries in Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). METHODS A literature search of original and major review articles related to the quantification techniques for diagnosing vascular injur...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of nailfold capillaroscopy associated with hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). METHODS In total, 113 male gold miners were recruited: 35 workers who were chronically exposed to vibration and developed vibration-induced white finger were defined as the HAVS group, 39 workers who were exposed to vibration but did not hav...

Background Nailfold capillaroscopy is useful for the diagnosis and follow-up of autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Impaired microcirculation one leading factors in local general pathogenesis SSc. Nail-fold video-capillaroscopy (NFVC) stands as most informative at same time simple method used evaluation capillary circulation. Objectives To identify characteristic specific SSc-RA capillaroscopic feat...