ArticleReumatologia2026
Association of nailfold capillaroscopic features with cardiac block and arrhythmias due to systemic sclerosis-related primary heart involvement.
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- Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy in Pediatric Rheumatology: Established Roles, Emerging Applications, and Future Perspectives.Balkan medical journal · 2026Review
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Abstract
Introduction: Impaired microvascular function has been implicated as a complication affecting multiple organs in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We investigated the correlation between microvascular damage on nailfold video capillaroscopy (NVC) and cardiac arrhythmias or conduction blocks in patients with primary heart involvement (pHI). Material and methods: One hundred ten patients with SSc underwent an NVC study. Thirty-one patients with arrhythmias or conduction blocks were included in the study group. No patients in this group had pulmonary arterial hypertension, systemic hypertension, or ischemic heart disease. Seventy-nine patients with no arrhythmia or block were included in the control group. Qualitative, quantitative, and semi-quantitative capillaroscopic parameters were compared between the 2 groups. Results: In the qualitative NVC analysis the odds ratio (OR) for the early pattern in groups of patients with and without a cardiac outcome was 0.93 (95% CI: 0.35-2.45; Conclusions: Lower capillary density and greater disorganization are associated with arrhythmias and conduction blocks in SSc-PHI. The quantitative capillaroscopic parameters were comparable between patients with arrhythmias due to SSc-PHI and those in the non-outcome group. A detailed semi-quantitative capillaroscopic assessment is recommended in scleroderma patients.
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