Ivone Silva1, Andreia Teixeira2, José Oliveira3, Rui Almeida1, Carlos Vasconcelos4. 1. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Multidisciplinar Unit of Biomedical Investigation, Porto, Portugal. 2. Department of Health Information and Decision Sciences, Universidade do Porto, CINTESIS - Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Porto, Portugal. 3. Department of Clinical Pathology, Clinical Chemistry, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal. 4. Clinical Immunology Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Porto (CHP), Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto (ICBAS/UP), Multidisciplinar Unit of biomedical investigation (UMIB), Porto, Portugal.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate endothelial dysfunction and microvascular damage in secondary Raynaud Phenomenon (SRP) and Systemic sclerosis (SSc)-associated patients as possible predictors of ischemic fingertip digital ulcers (DU) in a 3-year clinical follow-up. METHODS: Flow-mediated dilatation (FMD), nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC), endothelin-1 (ET-1) and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) were analysed in a 3-year observational cohort study of 77 SRP patients with systemic sclerosis. The primary outcome was the occurrence of a new DU. RESULTS: Risk factors for DU at baseline were low FMD% (p < 0.001), NVC pattern (p < 0.001), high microangiopathy evolution score (MES) (p < 0.001), increased ET-1 (p < 0.001) and increased ADMA serum levels (p = 0.001). Median time to the occurrence of a new DU was 4.50 (1.25-16.25) months. The risk factors for the occurrence of at least one new DU episode in follow-up included a history of at least one DU before enrolment (p < 0.001), autoantibody anti-scleroderma-70 (p = 0.012), NVC late pattern (p < 0.001), high MES score (p < 0.001), low FMD% (p < 0.001) and increased ET-1 serum levels (p < 0.001).We used univariate Cox regression analysis to show that FMD >9.41% (HR: 0.37 95% CI: 0.14-0.99) and ET-1 >11.85 pmol/L (HR: 3.81 95% CI: 1.41-10.26) and NVC (HR: 2.29 95% CI: 0.97-5.38) were predictors of DU recurrence. In terms of first DU event in naïve DU patients at baseline, late NVC pattern (HR: 12.66 95% CI: 2.06-77.89) and MES score (HR: 1.693 95% CI: 1.257-2.279) were independent predictors. CONCLUSION: This study identified endothelium dysfunction biomarkers (FMD and ET-1) and severe microvascular damage in NVC as strong predictors of new DU in SSc patients.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate endothelial dysfunction and microvascular damage in secondary Raynaud Phenomenon (SRP) and Systemic sclerosis (SSc)-associated patients as possible predictors of ischemic fingertip digital ulcers (DU) in a 3-year clinical follow-up. METHODS: Flow-mediated dilatation (FMD), nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC), endothelin-1 (ET-1) and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) were analysed in a 3-year observational cohort study of 77 SRPpatients with systemic sclerosis. The primary outcome was the occurrence of a new DU. RESULTS: Risk factors for DU at baseline were low FMD% (p < 0.001), NVC pattern (p < 0.001), high microangiopathy evolution score (MES) (p < 0.001), increased ET-1 (p < 0.001) and increased ADMA serum levels (p = 0.001). Median time to the occurrence of a new DU was 4.50 (1.25-16.25) months. The risk factors for the occurrence of at least one new DU episode in follow-up included a history of at least one DU before enrolment (p < 0.001), autoantibody anti-scleroderma-70 (p = 0.012), NVC late pattern (p < 0.001), high MES score (p < 0.001), low FMD% (p < 0.001) and increased ET-1 serum levels (p < 0.001).We used univariate Cox regression analysis to show that FMD >9.41% (HR: 0.37 95% CI: 0.14-0.99) and ET-1 >11.85 pmol/L (HR: 3.81 95% CI: 1.41-10.26) and NVC (HR: 2.29 95% CI: 0.97-5.38) were predictors of DU recurrence. In terms of first DU event in naïve DUpatients at baseline, late NVC pattern (HR: 12.66 95% CI: 2.06-77.89) and MES score (HR: 1.693 95% CI: 1.257-2.279) were independent predictors. CONCLUSION: This study identified endothelium dysfunction biomarkers (FMD and ET-1) and severe microvascular damage in NVC as strong predictors of new DU in SSc patients.
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ADMA; Allen test; ET-1; Systemic sclerosis; and microangiopathy evolution score; capillaroscopy; digital ulcers; flow-mediated dilatation
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