Research ArticleArticle
Intact Calibers of Retinal Vessels in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Evaggelia K. Aissopou, Vasiliki-Kalliopi Bournia, Athanase D. Protogerou, Stylianos Panopoulos, Theodoros G. Papaioannou, Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, Marco Matucci-Cerinic and Petros P. Sfikakis
The Journal of Rheumatology February 2015, jrheum.141425; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141425
Evaggelia K. Aissopou
From the Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, and the Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy. E.K. Aissopou, MD; V-K. Bournia, MD; A.D. Protogerou, MD, PhD; S. Panopoulos, MD, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; T.G. Papaioannou, PhD, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School; P.G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine-Immunology, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; M. Matucci-Cerinic, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, AOUC, University of Florence; P.P. Sfikakis, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Head of Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School. Address correspondence to Dr. E.K. Aissopou, First Department of Propedeutic Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias St., Building 16 – basement, 115 27 Athens, Greece. E-mail: eaiswpou@yahoo.gr. Accepted for publication December 29, 2014.
Vasiliki-Kalliopi Bournia
From the Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, and the Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy. E.K. Aissopou, MD; V-K. Bournia, MD; A.D. Protogerou, MD, PhD; S. Panopoulos, MD, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; T.G. Papaioannou, PhD, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School; P.G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine-Immunology, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; M. Matucci-Cerinic, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, AOUC, University of Florence; P.P. Sfikakis, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Head of Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School. Address correspondence to Dr. E.K. Aissopou, First Department of Propedeutic Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias St., Building 16 – basement, 115 27 Athens, Greece. E-mail: eaiswpou@yahoo.gr. Accepted for publication December 29, 2014.
Athanase D. Protogerou
From the Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, and the Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy. E.K. Aissopou, MD; V-K. Bournia, MD; A.D. Protogerou, MD, PhD; S. Panopoulos, MD, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; T.G. Papaioannou, PhD, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School; P.G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine-Immunology, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; M. Matucci-Cerinic, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, AOUC, University of Florence; P.P. Sfikakis, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Head of Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School. Address correspondence to Dr. E.K. Aissopou, First Department of Propedeutic Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias St., Building 16 – basement, 115 27 Athens, Greece. E-mail: eaiswpou@yahoo.gr. Accepted for publication December 29, 2014.
Stylianos Panopoulos
From the Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, and the Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy. E.K. Aissopou, MD; V-K. Bournia, MD; A.D. Protogerou, MD, PhD; S. Panopoulos, MD, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; T.G. Papaioannou, PhD, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School; P.G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine-Immunology, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; M. Matucci-Cerinic, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, AOUC, University of Florence; P.P. Sfikakis, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Head of Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School. Address correspondence to Dr. E.K. Aissopou, First Department of Propedeutic Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias St., Building 16 – basement, 115 27 Athens, Greece. E-mail: eaiswpou@yahoo.gr. Accepted for publication December 29, 2014.
Theodoros G. Papaioannou
From the Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, and the Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy. E.K. Aissopou, MD; V-K. Bournia, MD; A.D. Protogerou, MD, PhD; S. Panopoulos, MD, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; T.G. Papaioannou, PhD, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School; P.G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine-Immunology, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; M. Matucci-Cerinic, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, AOUC, University of Florence; P.P. Sfikakis, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Head of Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School. Address correspondence to Dr. E.K. Aissopou, First Department of Propedeutic Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias St., Building 16 – basement, 115 27 Athens, Greece. E-mail: eaiswpou@yahoo.gr. Accepted for publication December 29, 2014.
Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos
From the Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, and the Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy. E.K. Aissopou, MD; V-K. Bournia, MD; A.D. Protogerou, MD, PhD; S. Panopoulos, MD, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; T.G. Papaioannou, PhD, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School; P.G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine-Immunology, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; M. Matucci-Cerinic, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, AOUC, University of Florence; P.P. Sfikakis, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Head of Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School. Address correspondence to Dr. E.K. Aissopou, First Department of Propedeutic Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias St., Building 16 – basement, 115 27 Athens, Greece. E-mail: eaiswpou@yahoo.gr. Accepted for publication December 29, 2014.
Marco Matucci-Cerinic
From the Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, and the Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy. E.K. Aissopou, MD; V-K. Bournia, MD; A.D. Protogerou, MD, PhD; S. Panopoulos, MD, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; T.G. Papaioannou, PhD, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School; P.G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine-Immunology, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; M. Matucci-Cerinic, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, AOUC, University of Florence; P.P. Sfikakis, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Head of Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School. Address correspondence to Dr. E.K. Aissopou, First Department of Propedeutic Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias St., Building 16 – basement, 115 27 Athens, Greece. E-mail: eaiswpou@yahoo.gr. Accepted for publication December 29, 2014.
Petros P. Sfikakis
From the Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, and the Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy. E.K. Aissopou, MD; V-K. Bournia, MD; A.D. Protogerou, MD, PhD; S. Panopoulos, MD, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; T.G. Papaioannou, PhD, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Unit, First University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School; P.G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine-Immunology, Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School; M. Matucci-Cerinic, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, AOUC, University of Florence; P.P. Sfikakis, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Head of Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School. Address correspondence to Dr. E.K. Aissopou, First Department of Propedeutic Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias St., Building 16 – basement, 115 27 Athens, Greece. E-mail: eaiswpou@yahoo.gr. Accepted for publication December 29, 2014.
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The Journal of Rheumatology
Vol. 51, Issue 3
1 Mar 2024
Intact Calibers of Retinal Vessels in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Evaggelia K. Aissopou, Vasiliki-Kalliopi Bournia, Athanase D. Protogerou, Stylianos Panopoulos, Theodoros G. Papaioannou, Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Petros P. Sfikakis
The Journal of Rheumatology Feb 2015, jrheum.141425; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141425
Intact Calibers of Retinal Vessels in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Evaggelia K. Aissopou, Vasiliki-Kalliopi Bournia, Athanase D. Protogerou, Stylianos Panopoulos, Theodoros G. Papaioannou, Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Petros P. Sfikakis
The Journal of Rheumatology Feb 2015, jrheum.141425; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141425