Premature Coronary Atherosclerosis in Scleroderma

Tuen Mun Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Scleroderma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00372398

NTWC/CREC/429/06

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this trial is to study the proportion of scleroderma patients who suffer from asymptomatic coronary atherosclerosis compared to healthy controls.

Full description

Coronary calcium scores will be obtained from a group of patients with scleroderma and a group of controls. Comparison of the calcium scores will be made.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age >= 18 years.
2. Fulfillment of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for the classification of scleroderma.