Associations of Microcirculation Damage on Nailfold Capillaroscopy with Supra-aortic Severe Ischemic Events in Patients with Takayasu Arteritis

Overview

Journal Clin Rheumatol

Publisher Springer

Specialty Rheumatology

Date 2023 Feb 14

PMID 36787036

Authors

Li Wang

Huiyong Chen

Zhenqi Ding

Lingying Ma

Ying Sun

Lindi Jiang

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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the clinical characteristics and nailfold microcirculation and explore the associations with severe ischemic events (SIEs) in Takayasu arteritis (TA) with supra-aortic involvement.

Methods: Eighty-one patients with supra-aortic artery involvement who underwent nailfold video-capillaroscopy (NVC) of their hands were enrolled from the East China TA (ECTA) cohort between August and December 2021. Clinical features and capillaroscopy variables associated with supra-aortic SIEs were analyzed by multivariate logistic regression.

Results: Overall, 71 patients were female, and 42 experienced supra-aortic SIEs, among whom there was a higher prevalence of hypertension and the number of supra-aortic artery stenosis (P = 0.005, and 0.003, respectively). Furthermore, intergroup differences in capillary density (P < 0.001) and minor morphology abnormalities (P < 0.001) were significant. After adjustment for all confounders, multivariate logistic regression revealed hypertension (odds ratio [OR]: 7.3, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.6-33.7, P = 0.011), the number of supra-aortic arteries stenosis (≥4, OR: 6.8, 95% CI: 1.4-34.6, P = 0.020), capillary density (≤7.2/mm, OR: 43.0, 95% CI: 7.0-264.6, P < 0.001) and minor abnormalities (OR: 34.2, 95% CI: 3.6-325.1; P = 0.002) were independent risk factors for supra-aortic SIEs. capillary density (≤7.2/mm) and minor abnormalities or combined with at least two of the three items in the matrix model showed the probability of supra-aortic SIEs was 61.2-87.6%.

Conclusion: Decreased capillary density and morphologic abnormalities indicated that hypoperfusion was more likely to be observed in supra-aortic SIEs patients. Combined NVC indicators could be instrumental for early identification of supra-aortic SIEs. Key Points • Minor morphological abnormalities and hemorrhages were only observed in supra-aortic SIEs patients. • Capillaroscopic density and minor morphological abnormalities or combined with at least two of the three items in the matrix model showed the probability occurrence of supra-aortic SIEs was 61.2-87.6%.

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