Digital Arteries in Patients With Scleroderma

摘要: Digital arteriography and plethysmography were performed correlated in 31 patients with scleroderma. Arteriograms demonstrated organic arterial stenosis or occlusion 29. Lesions most frequent the proper digital arteries of second, third, fourth digits, but other vessels often involved. Plethysmography decreased pulse volume during maximal dilation rounded contour, both. Arteriographic plethysmographic correlations amount severity disease agreed closely 50% cases. Where agreement was not good, plethysmograph underestimated anatomic extent disease.