Indications and results of videocapillaroscopy in clinical practice.

Abstract:

:Nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) is one of the best diagnostic non-invasive imaging techniques to evaluate microcirculation in vivo and is increasingly employed in the field of rheumatology. Indeed, at present, the most important utility of NVC is in the identification of microvascular involvement in many rheumatic diseases, particularly in systemic sclerosis. More recently, this technique has been shown to be applicable to the study of many other extra-rheumatic diseases, such as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, acromegaly, hyperthyroidism, cardiac syndrome X, primary biliary cirrhosis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, familial Mediterranean fever. This article sets down the methodology of examination and normal pattern of capillary vessels and reviews the applications of NVC in clinical practice and its results in rheumatic and non-rheumatic diseases.

journal_name

Adv Med Sci

authors

Gallucci F,Russo R,Buono R,Acampora R,Madrid E,Uomo G

doi

10.2478/v10039-008-0038-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-01-01 00:00:00

pages

149-57

issue

2

eissn

1896-1126

issn

1898-4002

pii

L44624747218007V

journal_volume

53

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