Epicardial fat thickness in patients with psoriasis vulgaris

• Main Authors: Ahmet Bacaksız (Author), Abdurrahman Tasal (Author), Emrah Sevgili (Author), Ercan Erdoğan (Author), Nahide Onsun (Author), Osman Sönmez (Author), Buğçe Topukcu (Author), Emin Asoğlu (Author), Ömer Göktekin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: Psoriasis vulgaris is one of the most common skin disorders. Patients with psoriasis carry an excessive risk of coronary artery disease. Visceral adipose tissue around the heart affects the heart and coronaries by secreting proatherogenic mediators. It can be evaluated easily by measurem...