Psoriasis and risk of heart failure: a nationwide cohort study

• Published in: European journal of heart failure Vol. 16; no. 7; pp. 743 - 748
• Main Authors: Khalid, Usman, Ahlehoff, Ole, Gislason, Gunnar Hilmar, Kristensen, Søren Lund, Skov, Lone, Torp-Pedersen, Christian, Hansen, Peter Riis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.07.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Antirheumatic Agents - therapeutic use; Arthritis, Psoriatic - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Agents - therapeutic use; Cardiovascular risk; Cohort Studies; Denmark - epidemiology; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Heart Failure - drug therapy; Heart Failure - epidemiology; Humans; Inflammation; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Proportional Hazards Models; Psoriasis; Psoriasis - drug therapy; Psoriasis - epidemiology; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Young Adult; Denmark; Heart failure; Inflammation; Psoriasis; Epidemiology; Cardiovascular risk

Aims Psoriasis is a common inflammatory disease that is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, including myocardial infarction. Heart failure (HF) is independently associated with several cardiovascular risk factors and is a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. T...