Psoriasis as a risk factor of cardiovascular diseases

Olivia Rita Komorowska; Aneta Szczerkowska-Dobosz; Dorota Purzycka-Bohdan; Dorota Rawicz-Zegrzda; Maria Dudziak

doi:10.5114/dr.2014.46953

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Dermatology Review/Przegląd Dermatologiczny

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Review paper

Psoriasis as a risk factor of cardiovascular diseases

Olivia Rita Komorowska

,

Aneta Szczerkowska-Dobosz

,

Dorota Purzycka-Bohdan

,

Dorota Rawicz-Zegrzda

,

Maria Dudziak

Przegl Dermatol 2014, 101, 500–506

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/dr.2014.46953

Online publish date: 2014/11/25

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Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease associated with increased proliferation of the epidermis. Combination of genetic, immunological and environmental factors underlies the skin lesion. Until recently, psoriasis has been conceived as a skin limited disorder. Studies during the last decade revealed that psoriasis is a systemic disease which is associated with increased incidence of a many conditions, including cardiovascular diseases. It is considered that chronic inflammation, which is part of the pathogenesis of both psoriasis and vascular diseases, is responsible for it. It has been shown that psoriatic patients more often than in the general population have hypertension, atherosclerosis, dyslipidemia, diabetes and obesity. Abnormal life style of patients with psoriasis, resulting, inter alia, in social stigmas, is important for the cardiovascular risk. Because of increased cardiovascular risk factors, patients with psoriasis require interdisciplinary medical care and prevention – imaging studies of the heart and blood vessels.

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Psoriasis as a risk factor of cardiovascular diseases

Olivia Rita Komorowska , Aneta Szczerkowska-Dobosz , Dorota Purzycka-Bohdan , Dorota Rawicz-Zegrzda , Maria Dudziak

risk factors, psoriasis, cardiovascular diseases

Olivia Rita Komorowska

,

Aneta Szczerkowska-Dobosz

,

Dorota Purzycka-Bohdan

,

Dorota Rawicz-Zegrzda

,

Maria Dudziak