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-CalvinPublished 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.
Keyphrases
- insulin resistance
- cardiovascular disease
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- adipose tissue
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- high fat diet
- ejection fraction
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- chronic kidney disease
- skeletal muscle
- prognostic factors
- high resolution
- high fat diet induced
- ultrasound guided
- glycemic control
- weight loss