Adult Atopic Dermatitis is Associated with Increased Aortic Stiffness

• Published in: American journal of clinical dermatology Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 135 - 137
• Main Authors: Szolnoky, Győző, Altmayer, Anita, Varga, József, Gavallér, Henriette, Kemény, Lajos, Forster, Tamás, Nemes, Attila
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.02.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adults; Angina pectoris; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Dermatitis; Dermatology; Elasticity; Electrocardiography; Ethics; Heart; Hypertension; Inflammation; Inflammatory bowel disease; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Patients; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Pharmacotherapy; Psoriasis; Research Letter; Rheumatoid arthritis; Skin diseases; Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert von Nagyrapolt (1893-1986); United States > US; Japan; Greenland
• ISSN: 1175-0561; 1179-1888
• DOI: 10.1007/s40257-018-0344-y

In their extensive survey, the authors give paramount clinical data that chronic inflammatory dermatologic disorders obviously raise the incidence of cardiovascular diseases in large patient cohorts. Besides that current study, recently published, large, population-based surveys have also reached the same conclusion that arterial hypertension was the most common feature of atopic dermatitis (AD)-related increased cardiovascular morbidity [2, 3]. Exclusion criteria comprised coronary or valvular heart disease, atrial fibrillation or other arrhythmologic problems, heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction and even lipid metabolism abnormality, diabetes mellitus or anemia. According to the stratification with the SCORAD index, the vast majority of our patients belonged to the moderate severity group, and the number of mildly and severely eczematous probands remained too small to allow any statistical calculation.