Psoriasis Linked With 6% Higher Cardiovascular Disease Risk
April 18, 2011|Internal Medicine News
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Dr. Mehta added that better medical control of psoriasis also might help blunt the increased cardiovascular risk.
"Psoriasis and atherosclerosis are both T-cell mediated diseases," he observed. Most likely what goes on in the skin -to form the psoriasis plaques - also is going on inside patients' blood vessels, he said.
Dr. Mehta said that he had no disclosures.
