Lung vascular changes as biomarkers of severity in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease.
Cosimo BruniMariaelena OcchipintiMichael PiennGianna CamiciottoliMaurizio BartolucciSilvia Laura BoselloChristian PayerZoltán BálintAnna Rita LariciAlessandra TottoliLorenzo TofaniEnrico De LorenzisGemma LepriSilvia Bellando-RandoneAmelia SpinellaDilia GiuggioliFrancesco MasiniGiovanna CuomoFederico LavoriniStefano ColagrandeHorst OlschewskiMarco Matucci-CerinicPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2022)
In SSc patients CT vessel parameters increase in parallel with ILD extent and functional impairment and may represent a biomarker of SSc-ILD severity.
Keyphrases
- interstitial lung disease
- systemic sclerosis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- computed tomography
- prognostic factors
- image quality
- magnetic resonance
- patient reported outcomes
- contrast enhanced
- pet ct
- patient reported