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A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190153
Interesting to find an article that apparently belongs to the dermatology field in a cardiology journal. Why read about psoriasis? A disease that, for several years, many colleagues regarded as eminently skin-related and of benign course, especially in its plaque form. As it happens, epidemiological studies, and an international registry revealed that the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events increased approximately 50% in the group of psoriatic individuals compared to the general population, markedly in younger patients. How to explain this […]
Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular Diseases; Inflammation; Risk Factors; Systemic Atherosclerotic Disease