2020
Calcinosis is associated with ischemic manifestations and increased disability in patients with systemic sclerosis
Valenzuela A, Baron M, Rodriguez-Reyna TS, Proudman S, Khanna D, Young A, Hinchcliff M, Steen V, Gordon J, Hsu V, Castelino FV, Schoenfeld S, Li S, Wu JY, Fiorentino D, Chung L. Calcinosis is associated with ischemic manifestations and increased disability in patients with systemic sclerosis. Seminars In Arthritis And Rheumatism 2020, 50: 891-896. PMID: 32898758, PMCID: PMC8205269, DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.06.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSSc patientsSystemic sclerosisDigital ischemiaHealth Assessment Questionnaire Disability IndexCochin Hand Functional ScaleACR/EULAR criteriaSubcutaneous calcium depositionConsecutive SSc patientsSubset of patientsMedian T-scoreDisability IndexFinger/thumbCommon complicationDisease durationEULAR criteriaIschemic manifestationsAcro-osteolysisMultivariable analysisPhysical examinationHand functionClinical correlationHand dysfunctionClear historyHigh burdenBone densitometry
1999
PATHOLOGIC VARIANTS OF THORACIC AORTIC DISSECTIONS Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcers and Intramural Hematomas
Coady M, Rizzo J, Elefteriades J. PATHOLOGIC VARIANTS OF THORACIC AORTIC DISSECTIONS Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcers and Intramural Hematomas. Cardiology Clinics 1999, 17: 637-657. PMID: 10589337, DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8651(05)70106-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClassic aortic dissectionAcute aortic pathologyIntramural hematomaAortic dissectionAortic lumenAtherosclerotic ulcerAortic lesionsIMH patientsAortic pathologyClassic dissectionRupture rateType B aortic dissectionTypical aortic dissectionB aortic dissectionDistinct clinical entityThoracic aortic dissectionTypical patient profileMore superficial locationHigher rupture rateBranch-vessel compromiseLarger aortasMinimal arteriosclerosisTypical dissectionIschemic manifestationsThoracoabdominal aorta
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