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JOURNAL OF SCLERODERMA AND RELATED DISORDERS
卷 8, 期 3, 页码 169-182出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/23971983231163413
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Systemic sclerosis; cardiac involvement; consensus guidance; screening; diagnosis; follow-up
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The aim of this study was to establish consensus guidance on the screening, diagnosis, and follow-up of systemic sclerosis primary heart involvement. A systematic literature review was performed, and the extracted data were discussed to formulate overarching principles and guidance statements. The consensus emphasized the importance of patient counseling, differential diagnosis, multidisciplinary team management, and defining screening and diagnostic approaches. This guidance provides a foundation for standard of care and future feasibility studies.
Introduction: Heart involvement is a common problem in systemic sclerosis. Recently, a definition of systemic sclerosis primary heart involvement had been proposed. Our aim was to establish consensus guidance on the screening, diagnosis and follow-up of systemic sclerosis primary heart involvement patients. Methods: A systematic literature review was performed to investigate the tests used to evaluate heart involvement in systemic sclerosis. The extracted data were categorized into relevant domains (conventional radiology, electrocardiography, echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, laboratory, and others) and presented to experts and one patient research partner, who discussed the data and added their opinion. This led to the formulation of overarching principles and guidance statements, then reviewed and voted on for agreement. Consensus was attained when the mean agreement was > 7/10 and of > 70% of voters. Results: Among 2650 publications, 168 met eligibility criteria; the data extracted were discussed over three meetings. Seven overarching principles and 10 guidance points were created, revised and voted on. The consensus highlighted the importance of patient counseling, differential diagnosis and multidisciplinary team management, as well as defining screening and diagnostic approaches. The initial core evaluation should integrate history, physical examination, rest electrocardiography, trans-thoracic echocardiography and standard serum cardiac biomarkers. Further investigations should be individually tailored and decided through a multidisciplinary management. The overall mean agreement was 9.1/10, with mean 93% of experts voting above 7/10. Conclusion: This consensus-based guidance on screening, diagnosis and follow-up of systemic sclerosis primary heart involvement provides a foundation for standard of care and future feasibility studies that are ongoing to support its application in clinical practice.
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