AB0601 Anatomic and functional assessment of peripheral perfusion in patients with systemic sclerosis. is there any correlation between capillaroscopic findings and ergospirometry?
Abstract:BackgroundMicrovasculopathy of systemic circulation in patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SS) is widely assessed by digital capillaroscopy (DC), a method that evaluates the architecture of capillary network and reveals changes of vascular anatomy. On the other hand, ergospirometry (ERG) reveals functional impairment of microcirculation by assessing indirect measures of peripheral tissue ischemia (most suitable VE/VCO2). Since today, there have been studies correlating DC findings with spirometric parameters (re… Show more
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