title: Psoriasis: the visible killer.
abstract: Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory disease associated with serious comorbidities. In recent years, increased mortality due to cardiovascular disease (myocardial infarction and stroke) has been documented in patients with severe psoriasis. Patients with psoriasis have a higher prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia and obesity, but it has been suggested that the chronic inflammatory nature of psoriasis is also a contributing and potentially an independent risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease. The authors highlight the need for early identification and treatment of psoriasis-related comorbidities and cardiovascular disease, as well as effective treatment of psoriasis, in order to reduce the underlying systemic inflammation, and also the importance of a multidisciplinary approach of severe psoriasis patients to optimize the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of various comorbidities, so as to prevent cardiovascular events.
authors: Department of Dermatology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Unit for Multidisciplinary Investigation in Biomedicine, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar - Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: tiagotorres2002@hotmail.com.
authors: Tiago
authors: T
authors: Torres
authors: Department of Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors: Nuno
authors: N
authors: Bettencourt
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Abordagem multidisciplinar; Aterosclerose; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular risk factors; Doença cardiovascular; Fatores de risco cardiovasculares; Inflamação; Inflammation; Multidisciplinary approach; Psoriasis; Psoríase