A high percentage of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients develop interstitial lung disease (ILD) during the disease course. Recent data have shown that lung ultrasound (LUS) can assess ILD by the evaluation of B-lines, the sonographic sign of pulmonary interstitial involvement. Our aim was to establish the prognostic value of B-lines in a large number of SSc patients.
Prognostic value of lung ultrasound B-lines in systemic sclerosis / Gargani, Luna; Bruni, Cosimo; Romei, Chiara; Frumento, Paolo; Moreo, Antonella; Agoston, Gergely; Guiducci, Serena; Bellando-Randone, Silvia; Lepri, Gemma; Belloli, Laura; Della Rossa, Alessandra; Delle Sedie, Andrea; Stagnaro, Chiara; De Nes, Michele; Salvadori, Stefano; Mosca, Marta; Falaschi, Fabio; Epis, Oscar; Picano, Eugenio; Matucci Cerinic, Marco. - In: CHEST. - ISSN 0012-3692. - (2020), pp. 30766-30768. [10.1016/j.chest.2020.03.075]
Prognostic value of lung ultrasound B-lines in systemic sclerosis
Matucci Cerinic, MarcoUltimo
2020-01-01
Abstract
A high percentage of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients develop interstitial lung disease (ILD) during the disease course. Recent data have shown that lung ultrasound (LUS) can assess ILD by the evaluation of B-lines, the sonographic sign of pulmonary interstitial involvement. Our aim was to establish the prognostic value of B-lines in a large number of SSc patients.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
