Autonomic nervous system dysfunction correlates with microvascular damage in systemic sclerosis patients.
Francesco MasiniRaffaele GalieroPia Clara PafundiKlodian GjeloshiEmanuele PinottiRoberta FerraraCiro RomanoLuigi Elio AdinolfiFerdinando Carlo SassoGiovanna CuomoPublished in: Journal of scleroderma and related disorders (2021)
Severe microvascular damage, as detected by nailfold videocapillaroscopy, may suggest the coexistence of autonomic dysfunction and should be considered as a red flag for the identification of patients particularly at risk of cardiac morbidity and mortality.