Performance of finger systolic blood pressure measurement to detect digital occlusive arterial disease in systemic sclerosis. 2022

Loukman Omarjee, and Antoine Metairie, and Therese Tueguem Moyo, and Estelle Le Pabic, and Patrick Jego, and Alain Lescoat, and Guillaume Mahe
Inserm, NuMeCan Institute, UMR INSERM 1241.

Digital ulcers related to digital occlusive arterial disease (DOAD) are frequent in patients with SSc. Finger systolic blood pressure (FSBP) and digital-brachial pressure index (DBI) using laser Doppler flowmetry constitute a non-invasive means of detecting DOAD in SSc, although thresholds have yet to be established for defining DOAD. The purpose of this study was to ascertain FSBP and DBI thresholds to detect DOAD in SSc patients. The intra/interday reproducibility of curve reading by four vascular physicians in relation to finger pressure measurement was also investigated. SSc patients were followed in this single-centre study (Rennes University Hospital, France) between November 2017 and October 2019.These patients underwent tests before and after heating at two visits spaced 10 days apart. DOAD was diagnosed on the basis of post-warming skin blood flow of ≤206 arbitrary units measured by laser Doppler flowmetry, contingent on previous results validated by arteriography as a gold standard. An interday kappa coefficient with a 95% confidence interval was used to assess reproducibility. Sixteen [10 females; mean age: 63 (9) years] SSc patients were included. Mean time interval between visits was 9 (5) days. The best FSBP threshold for DOAD diagnosis was 76 mmHg and DBI was 0.74 after warming. FSBP and DBI sensitivity/specificity were 59.1% (95% CI: 49.6, 68.5%)/92.5% (95% CI: 85.3, 99.6%) and 73.3% (95% CI: 64.9, 81.8%)/83.0% (95% CI: 72.9, 93.1%), respectively. Intra/interday reproducibility ranged from fair to good. The conclusions drawn from this study suggest that FSBP ≤ 76 mmHg and DBI ≤ 0.74 thresholds are potentially reliable indicators of DOAD and demonstrate fair to good intra- and interday reproducibility. ClinicalTrials.gov, www.clinicaltrials.gov, NCT03264820.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D001794 Blood Pressure PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS. Systolic Pressure,Diastolic Pressure,Pulse Pressure,Pressure, Blood,Pressure, Diastolic,Pressure, Pulse,Pressure, Systolic,Pressures, Systolic
D005260 Female Females
D005385 Fingers Four or five slender jointed digits in humans and primates, attached to each HAND. Finger
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D001157 Arterial Occlusive Diseases Pathological processes which result in the partial or complete obstruction of ARTERIES. They are characterized by greatly reduced or absence of blood flow through these vessels. They are also known as arterial insufficiency. Arterial Obstructive Diseases,Arterial Occlusion,Arterial Obstructive Disease,Arterial Occlusions,Arterial Occlusive Disease,Disease, Arterial Obstructive,Disease, Arterial Occlusive,Obstructive Disease, Arterial,Occlusion, Arterial,Occlusive Disease, Arterial
D012595 Scleroderma, Systemic A chronic multi-system disorder of CONNECTIVE TISSUE. It is characterized by SCLEROSIS in the SKIN, the LUNGS, the HEART, the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, the KIDNEYS, and the MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM. Other important features include diseased small BLOOD VESSELS and AUTOANTIBODIES. The disorder is named for its most prominent feature (hard skin), and classified into subsets by the extent of skin thickening: LIMITED SCLERODERMA and DIFFUSE SCLERODERMA. Sclerosis, Systemic,Systemic Scleroderma,Systemic Sclerosis
D015203 Reproducibility of Results The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results. Reliability and Validity,Reliability of Result,Reproducibility Of Result,Reproducibility of Finding,Validity of Result,Validity of Results,Face Validity,Reliability (Epidemiology),Reliability of Results,Reproducibility of Findings,Test-Retest Reliability,Validity (Epidemiology),Finding Reproducibilities,Finding Reproducibility,Of Result, Reproducibility,Of Results, Reproducibility,Reliabilities, Test-Retest,Reliability, Test-Retest,Result Reliabilities,Result Reliability,Result Validities,Result Validity,Result, Reproducibility Of,Results, Reproducibility Of,Test Retest Reliability,Validity and Reliability,Validity, Face

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