The use of screening tools for cardiovascular risk assessment in psoriasis - A case- control study

• Main Authors: Shekhar Neema (Author), Sunmeet Sandhu (Author), Biju Vasudevan (Author), Senkadhir Vendhan D (Author), Anwita Sinha (Author), Durga M Tripathy (Author), Seema Patrikar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Psoriasis is a common, T-cell-mediated disease, affecting 0.44-2.8% of the general population in India. It is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease possibly due to chronic inflammation. Those patients with severe psoriasis are at a higher risk of death due to cardiovasc...