Patients with psoriasis may face increased risk of CAD, research suggests.
/HeartWire (1/5, Nainggolan) reported that research published in the Dec. 15 issue of the
American Journal of Cardiology
reiterates "the increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) observed in patients with the inflammatory skin disease psoriasis -- particularly those with severe forms," and stresses that "patients must be informed of this link and have their cardiovascular risk factors regularly assessed." According to Medscape, the "catalyst for this new report was a case-control study performed using the U.K.'s General Practice Research Database," conducted by dermatologist Joel M Gelfand, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania, and colleagues, that was published in the
Journal of the American Medical Association
. This study suggested that "patients with psoriasis have a significantly increased risk of" myocardial infarction "independent of traditional" cardiovascular "risk factors."
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