What is the role for angiography in the workup of digital ischemia?
Do you obtain vascular imaging routinely in these cases, and if so, do you use cross-sectional or invasive angiography?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Digital ischemia is an especially serious complication in patients with rheumatic disease, particularly scleroderma but can also be a feature of lupus, vasculitis (ANCA associated, PAN), antiphospholipid syndrome, and rheumatoid vasculitis, among others.The presence of digital pain with permanent/pe...