OBJECTIVE: To assess the influence of etanercept, an anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α agent, on autonomic cardiovascular regulation in young patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis without cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS: Patients with psoriasis underwent 5-min electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings before and after 24 weeks of etanercept therapy. Linear heart rate variability (HRV) analysis was performed. RESULTS: The study recruited 19 patients. Frequency-domain analysis showed a significant decrease in oscillatory components attributable to sympathetic activity (LF%) and a significant decrease in low frequency/high frequency (LF/HF) ratio following etanercept therapy. CONCLUSION: Treatment with etanercept in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis could affect cardiovascular autonomic regulation, and subsequently reduce cardiovascular risk.
Cardiovascular risk evaluation through heart rate variability analysis in psoriatic patients before and after 24 weeks of etanercept therapy. Prospective study / Potenza, Concetta; Raimondi, Gianfranco; Pampena, Riccardo; Proietti, Ilaria; LA VIOLA, Giorgio; Bernardini, Nicoletta; Tolino, Ersilia; Zuber, Sara; Balduzzi, V; Scordamaglia, Beatrice; Skroza, Nevena. - In: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0300-0605. - 44:1(2016), pp. 43-47. [10.1177/0300060515593242]
Cardiovascular risk evaluation through heart rate variability analysis in psoriatic patients before and after 24 weeks of etanercept therapy. Prospective study.
POTENZA, Concetta;RAIMONDI, GIANFRANCO;PAMPENA, RICCARDO;PROIETTI, ILARIA;LA VIOLA, GIORGIO;BERNARDINI, NICOLETTA;TOLINO, ERSILIA;ZUBER, SARA;SCORDAMAGLIA, BEATRICE;SKROZA, Nevena
2016
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the influence of etanercept, an anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α agent, on autonomic cardiovascular regulation in young patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis without cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS: Patients with psoriasis underwent 5-min electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings before and after 24 weeks of etanercept therapy. Linear heart rate variability (HRV) analysis was performed. RESULTS: The study recruited 19 patients. Frequency-domain analysis showed a significant decrease in oscillatory components attributable to sympathetic activity (LF%) and a significant decrease in low frequency/high frequency (LF/HF) ratio following etanercept therapy. CONCLUSION: Treatment with etanercept in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis could affect cardiovascular autonomic regulation, and subsequently reduce cardiovascular risk.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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