Significant nailfold capillary loss and late capillaroscopic pattern are associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis.

Rossella De AngelisValeria RiccieriEdoardo CipollettaNicoletta Del PapaFrancesca IngegnoliSilvia BoselloAmelia SpinellaGreta PellegrinoMarco de PintoSilvia PapaGiuseppe ArmentaroDilia Giuggioli

Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2023)

Our results indicate that the distinctive peripheral microcirculatory injury of SSc, i.e capillary loss and morphological abnormalities, appear more severe and pronounced in patients with SSc-PAH.

Keyphrases

systemic sclerosis
pulmonary arterial hypertension
interstitial lung disease
pulmonary artery
pulmonary hypertension
early onset
chemotherapy induced