Colour Doppler ultrasonography evaluation of vascularization in the wrist and finger joints in rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy subjects

• Published in: European journal of radiology Vol. 81; no. 8; pp. 1834 - 1838
• Main Authors: Carotti, M., Salaffi, F., Morbiducci, J., Ciapetti, A., Bartolucci, L., Gasparini, S., Ferraccioli, G., Giuseppetti, G.M., Grassi, W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.08.2012
• Subjects: Arthritis, Rheumatoid - diagnostic imaging; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - physiopathology; Blood Flow Velocity; Colour Doppler ultrasonography; Female; Finger Joint - blood supply; Finger Joint - diagnostic imaging; Finger Joint - physiopathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Radiology; Regional Blood Flow; Reproducibility of Results; Resistive index; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sensitivity and Specificity; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color - methods; Vascularization; Colour Doppler ultrasonography; Resistive index; Rheumatoid arthritis; Vascularization

To evaluate the presence of blood flow by colour Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS) in the wrist and finger joints of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and healthy subjects and to define a cut-off value of CDUS resistive index (RI). Forty-three patients with RA and 43 healthy controls were examined by...