Search Results - "LETIZIA CONFORTI, MARIA"
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Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Prevents Sudden Cardiac Death in Systemic Sclerosis
Published in Journal of rheumatology (01-08-2011)“…Cardiac involvement means a poor prognosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Conduction defects and arrhythmias are frequent in patients with SSc, and may result in…”
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Lung ultrasound for the screening of interstitial lung disease in very early systemic sclerosis
Published in Annals of the rheumatic diseases (01-03-2013)“…A high percentage of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) develop interstitial lung disease (ILD) during the course of the disease. Promising data have…”
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Increased serum levels and tissue expression of matrix metalloproteinase-12 in patients with systemic sclerosis: correlation with severity of skin and pulmonary fibrosis and vascular damage
Published in Annals of the rheumatic diseases (01-06-2012)“…To determine serum concentrations and tissue expression of matrix metalloproteinase-12 (MMP-12) and their correlation with clinical features in patients with…”
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Exercise Doppler Echocardiography Identifies Preclinic Asymptomatic Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
Published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (01-06-2007)“…: In systemic sclerosis (SSc), the involvement of the interstitium or vascular system of the lung may lead to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PAH is…”
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Seronegative enthesoarthritis as the first presentation of the atrial myxoma
Published in Rheumatology and immunology research (27-09-2023)“…Atrial myxoma (AM) is the most common primary cardiac tumor. Its clinical presentation can be highly heterogeneous and can be characterized by many…”
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The IL1-like cytokine IL33 and its receptor ST2 are abnormally expressed in the affected skin and visceral organs of patients with systemic sclerosis
Published in Annals of the rheumatic diseases (01-03-2010)“…Early endothelial cell (EC) activation/damage and profibrotic Th2-associated cytokines play a pivotal role in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Interleukin 33 (IL33)…”
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High frequency ultrasound measurement of digital dermal thickness in systemic sclerosis
Published in Annals of the rheumatic diseases (01-06-2010)“…Currently, assessment of dermal thickness in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is performed by palpation and assessment using the modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS). To…”
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Digital ulcers in scleroderma: staging, characteristics and sub-setting through observation of 1614 digital lesions
Published in Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (01-07-2010)“…Objective. To evaluate in SSc, the frequency of digital lesions and the morphology, characteristics, natural course and time to healing of 1614 digital ulcers…”
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Flow-Mediated Vasodilation and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Systemic Sclerosis
Published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (01-06-2007)“…: Increased evidence suggests an accelerated macrovascular disease in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Brachial artery flow‐mediated vasodilation (FMD) and carotid…”
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Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells from early diffuse systemic sclerosis exhibit a paracrine machinery and stimulate angiogenesis in vitro
Published in Annals of the rheumatic diseases (01-11-2011)“…To characterise bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) for the expression of factors implicated in MSC…”
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Transitional connective tissue diseases: description of four cases
Published in Current rheumatology reviews (01-01-2014)“…The term overlap syndromes (OS) is used to define a group of disorders characterized by the presence, in the same patient, of clinical features typical for…”
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Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals central neuroaxonal impairment in systemic sclerosis
Published in Journal of rheumatology (01-03-2006)“…OBJECTIVE:. Involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is rare. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) assesses in…”
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Overexpression of VEGF165b, an Inhibitory Splice Variant of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Leads to Insufficient Angiogenesis in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis
Published in Circulation research (22-07-2011)“…RATIONALE:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by widespread microangiopathy, fibrosis, and autoimmunity. Despite the lack of angiogenesis, the expression…”
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The positive side of the coin: Sars-Cov-2 pandemic has taught us how much Telemedicine is useful as standard of care procedure in real life
Published in Clinical rheumatology (01-02-2022)“…Patients and health workers were at high risk of infection during the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic lockdown. For this reason, other medical and clinical approaches such…”
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Differential expression of junctional adhesion molecules in different stages of systemic sclerosis
Published in Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-01-2013)“…Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by early perivascular inflammation, microvascular endothelial cell (MVEC) activation/damage, and defective…”
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Lung CT densitometry in systemic sclerosis: correlation with lung function, exercise testing, and quality of life
Published in Chest (01-03-2007)“…To ascertain if analysis of lung density histograms in thin-section CT was more reproducible than visual assessment of lung changes in systemic sclerosis…”
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Early Atherosclerosis and Autoantibodies to Heat-Shock Proteins and Oxidized LDL in Systemic Sclerosis
Published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (01-06-2007)“…: Autoimmune diseases are characterized by enhanced atherosclerosis. Humoral immune responses to mycobacterial HSP‐65, human HSP‐60, and to oxLDL have been…”
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