title: The new frontiers of ultrasound in the complex world of vasculitides and scleroderma.
abstract: Modern US equipment allows rheumatologists to directly visualize vascular, musculoskeletal, dermal and internal organ structure. In multisystemic and challenging diseases such as vasculitides and scleroderma, where new outcome measures are required in both clinical practice and trials, US measures promise reproducible and objective scores of disease activity and extension. US reveals early pathognonomic abnormalities and may help start early treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Florence, V. Pieraccini 18, 50139 Florence, Italy. dr.fporta@gmail.com
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Porta
authors.forename: Luna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gargani
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kaloudi
authors.forename: Wolfgang A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Picano
authors.forename: Nemanja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Damjanov
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matucci-Cerinic
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*