Cardiomyopathy and echocardiographic abnormalities in Indian patients with psoriasis: Results of a pilot study.
Ashwani RanaVikram K MahajanKaraninder S MehtaPushpinder S ChauhanMukul KumarAnuj SharmaReena SharmaNiharika DhattarwalMegha SondhiPublished in: International journal of clinical practice (2020)
Psoriasis perhaps plays a role in left ventricular dysfunction and possibly cardiomyopathy even with moderately severe disease and in the absence of clinical symptoms. However, these observations need to be interpreted with caution in the absence of any statistically significant difference between age, gender, duration and severity of psoriasis in the patients having normal and abnormal echocardiography.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- newly diagnosed
- aortic stenosis
- left atrial
- oxidative stress
- acute myocardial infarction
- atopic dermatitis
- prognostic factors
- computed tomography
- mental health
- early onset
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- atrial fibrillation
- physical activity
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- drug induced