title: [Psoriasis and cardiovascular disease].
abstract: Psoriasis is a common, chronic and systemic inflammatory disease associated with several comorbidities, such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidaemia and metabolic syndrome, but also with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, like myocardial infarction or stroke. The chronic inflammatory nature of psoriasis has been suggested to be a contributing and potentially independent risk factor for the development of cardiovascular comorbidities and precocious atherosclerosis. Aiming at alerting clinicians to the need of screening and monitoring cardiovascular diseases and its risk factors in psoriatic patients, this review will focus on the range of cardiometabolic comorbidities and increased risk of cardiovascular disease associated with psoriasis.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Dermatologia. Centro Hospitalar do Porto. Porto. Portugal. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar. Universidade do Porto. Porto. Portugal. tiagotorres2002@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Tiago
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sales
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Selores
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors