Summary our review will help clinicians to properly integrate the available diagnostic
modalities for the assessment of SSc-pHI. The ultimate goal is to propose a feasible …

Rationale: To date, it remains unclear whether recent changes in the management of
patients with systemic sclerosis–associated pulmonary hypertension (SSc-PH) have …

Immune-mediated systemic inflammatory disorders (IMIDs), including rheumatoid arthritis
(RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc), and idiopathic …

Overlap syndrome of systemic sclerosis and idiopathic inflammatory myopathies is an
increasingly frequent entity, but the association with immune-mediated necrotizing myositis …

Background: Acute heart failure in patients with prosthetic heart valves is a complex problem
with clinical and therapeutic challenges. Systemic sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune …

Objectives: To quantify levels of two inflammation-related indexes, namely neutrophil-
lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) in systemic …

In this issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics, guest editors Drs. Robert M. Fairchild and Kaitlin
A. Quinn bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Imaging in Rheumatology. Top …

Die kardiovaskuläre Magnetresonanztomografie (CMR) zeichnet sich als
Bildgebungsmodalität zur nicht invasiven Myokarddifferenzierung aus. Myokarditiden …

OBJECTIVE To assess the survival rates of individuals diagnosed with systemic sclerosis
(SSc) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), while also identifying factors that may be …

3.1 Strain e strain rate 58 3.2 Deformazione ventricolare 59 3.3 Misurazione del longitudinal
strain e del global longitudinal strain 61 3.4 Misure di funzionalità del ventricolo sinistro: FE …