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.
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Adv Med Scijournal_title
Advances in medical sciencesauthors
Gallucci F,Russo R,Buono R,Acampora R,Madrid E,Uomo Gdoi
10.2478/v10039-008-0038-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-01-01 00:00:00pages
149-57issue
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1896-1126issn
1898-4002pii
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