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Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Department reports research in psoriasis
2009 JUL 20 - (NewsRx.com) -- "Psoriasis is associated with a premature atherosclerosis due to the chronic inflammatory process. To evaluate the effect of disease process on myocardial perfusion, we planned to perform 99mTc-MIBI myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in patients with psoriasis," scientists writing in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology report. "The study group consisted of 28 psoriasis patients (17 men, 11 women), aged 18-76 years, and mean age 41.2 +/- 14.1 years. The patients were selected among those who were older than 18 years and longer than 10 years of disease duration with more than two times of systemic treatment. All patients underwent 99mTc-MIBI myocardial perfusion SPECT with the same day protocol. We detected various risk factors including smoking habits in 7, family history of cardiovascular disease in 4, hypertension in 1, hyperlipidemia in 9 patients. We completed myocardial perfusion SPECT for each patient and found normal perfusion pattern in SPECT images. We detected that myocardial perfusion is preserved in the patients with psoriasis," wrote H. Yalcin and colleagues, Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Department. The researchers concluded: "The majority of acute heart attacks are caused by noncritical coronary stenosis and this may be an explanation for increased cardiovascular risk in these patients despite normal coronary perfusion.." Yalcin and colleagues published their study in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (Myocardial perfusion is preserved in patients with psoriasis without clinically evident cardiovascular disease. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 2009;23(7):798-802). Additional information can be obtained by contacting D.D. Balci, Mustafa Kemal University, School Medical, Dept. of Nuclear Medical, Antakya, Turkey. The publisher of the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology can be contacted at: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., Commerce Place, 350 Main St., Malden 02148, MA, USA. Keywords: Turkey, Antakya, Angiology, Atherosclerosis, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Dermatology, Heart Disease, Perfusion, Psoriasis, Venereology, Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Department. This article was prepared by Cardiovascular Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Cardiovascular Week via NewsRx.com.
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