Autonomic dysfunction in patients with systemic sclerosis: correlation with intrarenal arterial stiffness

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 15;177(2):578-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.122. Epub 2014 Aug 27.

Authors

A Gigante¹, E Rosato², M Liberatori³, B Barbano³, R Cianci³, M L Gasperini³, L Sardo³, A M Marra², A Amoroso³, F Salsano², A Fiorentini⁴, L Tubani³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: antonietta_gigante@yahoo.it.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, Clinical Immunology Unit-Scleroderma Center, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
⁴ U.O.C Geriatria e Medicina, COB, Viterbo, Italy.

PMID: 25200847
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.122

No abstract available

Keywords: Autonomic system; Heart rate variability; Renal resistive index; Systemic sclerosis.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Renal Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Scleroderma, Systemic / diagnostic imaging*
Scleroderma, Systemic / physiopathology
Ultrasonography, Doppler / trends
Vascular Stiffness* / physiology
Young Adult