Awareness and screening attitudes of Portuguese dermatologists on cardiovascular risk factors in psoriatic patients

Psoriasis is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF), due to the systemic inflammation of the disease [1]. Clinical management and evaluation of psoriatic patients should take into account the atherogenic potential of the disease [2]. It is known that a significant proportion of psoriatic patients have undiagnosed or uncontrolled CVRF, such as diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidaemia [3, 4]. Additionally, it has been shown that patients with psoriasis are not routinely [...]