High-resolution Doppler ultrasound in systemic sclerosis: Analysis of digital arteries and nailfold microvasculature using 18-5 MHz and 33-9 MHz probes.
Riccardo PicassoPietro BicaFederico PistoiaFederico ZaottiniSara SanguinettiFrancesca BovisMarta PonzanoCarmen PizzorniSabrina PaolinoAlberto SulliEmanuele GotelliCarlo MartinoliMaurizio CutoloPublished in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2022)
High-resolution Doppler analysis of digital distal arterioles may disclose subtle abnormalities in the downstream microvasculature of SSc patients that could be missed when the examination is performed at a more proximal level and/or using lower Doppler frequencies.
Keyphrases
- systemic sclerosis
- high resolution
- interstitial lung disease
- blood flow
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- mass spectrometry
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prognostic factors
- small molecule
- peritoneal dialysis
- computed tomography
- minimally invasive
- rheumatoid arthritis
- single molecule
- patient reported
- patient reported outcomes
- high speed
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- contrast enhanced ultrasound