The Relationship Between 99mTc-Pertechnetate Hand Perfusion Scintigraphy and Nailfold Capillaroscopy in Systemic Sclerosis Patients: A Pilot Study.

Slavica Pavlov Dolijanovic Nebojsa Petrovic Nada Vujasinovic Stupar Nemanja Damjanov Goran Radunovic Dragan Babic Dragana Sobic Saranovic Vera Artiko

Published in: Archives of rheumatology (2020)

99mTc-pertechnetate HPS improves the evaluation of vascular damage in SSc patients. There is no direct relationship between NC and 99mTc-pertechnetate HPS; however, the two methods complement each other in the assessment of microcirculation in SSc.

Keyphrases

systemic sclerosis
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
oxidative stress
peritoneal dialysis
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
rheumatoid arthritis