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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 5 | Page : 553-556 |
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Cardiovascular comorbiditiy in psoriasis
Gurcharan Singh, Simran Pal Singh Aneja
Department of Dermatology and STD, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, India
Correspondence Address:
Gurcharan Singh
108, A, Jal Vayu Vihar, Kamanahalli, Bangalore-560 043
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.87154
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The chronic inflammatory nature of psoriasis is also thought to predispose patients to other diseases with an inflammatory component, the most notable being cardiovascular and metabolic (cardiometabolite) disorders. This concept is supported by studies showing that psoriasis is associated with cardiovascular risk factors like diabetes, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking and diseases including MI. Given the increased prevalence of cardiovascular co morbidities in patients, dermatologists treating psoriasis need to approach the disease as a potentially multisystem disorder and must alert these patients to the potentially negative effects of their disease. |
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