Identification of Myocardial Damage in Systemic Sclerosis: A Nuclear Cardiology Approach

Table 1

SSc subsets and organ involvements.

	Diffuse cutaneous SSc	Limited cutaneous SSc
Skin sclerosis	Truncal and acral skin involvement	Limited to hands, feet, face, and forearms, or absent
Organ involvement	Early and significant incidence of interstitial lung disease, oliguric renal failure, diffuse gastrointestinal disease, and myocardial involvement	Significant late incidence of pulmonary hypertension, trigeminal neuralgia, calcinosis, and teleangiectasia
Antibodies	Anti-DNA topoisomerase I antibodies	Anticentromere antibodies