Cardiovascular disease prevention in individuals with underlying chronic inflammatory disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Patients with chronic inflammatory disease have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. This article reviews the current evidence of cardiovascular prevention in three common systemic inflammatory disorders (SIDs): psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Recent findings

General population cardiovascular risk assessment tools currently underestimate cardiovascular risk and disease-specific risk assessment tools are an area of active investigation. A disease-specific cardiovascular risk estimator has not been shown to more accurately predict risk compared with the current guidelines. Rheumatoid arthritis-specific risk estimators have been shown to better predict cardiovascular risk in some cohorts and not others. Systemic lupus

SUBMITTER: Weber B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483582 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature