Sekib Sokolovic
Sarajevo University Clinical Center, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Title: The microcirculation involvement in the cardiovascular diseases: Focus on the capillaries
Biography
Biography: Sekib Sokolovic
Abstract
The Nailfold Capilaroscopy (NFC) is non-invasive simple diagnostic tool in a detection of microcirculation abnormalities in certain disorders like rheumatic diseases, Raynaud’s phenomena (RP), cardiovascular diseases including coronary arterial diseases, arterial hypertension and pulmonary arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus etc. The correlation between the pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and capillary changes have well been documented. Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) with its microbleeding spots can be visualized in the nailbed. The morfology of the capillaries in the nailfold area are well visualized by the video nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC). Arterial hypertension is characterized by reduced capillary density and dilatation of either afferent limb, efferent limb, apex or all of it together. The coronary slow phenomenon (CSP) is also associated with nailfold capillary changes. The NFC may detect dilatation of capillaries, tortuosity and microhemorrhage that reflect coronary microcirculation pathology.