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Subclinical atherosclerosis in psoriasis. Usefulness of femoral artery ultrasound for the diagnosis, and analysis of its relationship with insulin resistance.

Alvaro Gonzalez-CanteroJorge Gonzalez-CanteroAna Isabel Sanchez-MoyaCristina Perez-HortetSalvador Arias-SantiagoCristina Schoendorff-OrtegaJorge Luis Gonzalez-Calvin
Published in: PloS one (2019)
Ultrasound screening for femoral atherosclerotic plaques improves the detection of subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with psoriasis, whereas the study of carotid arteries is not sufficiently accurate. Insulin resistance appears to play a greater role in the development of atherosclerosis in these patients in comparison to other classical CVD risk factors.
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