CORONARY PLAQUE BURDEN IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHOLESTEROL EFFLUX CAPACITY PARTIALLY MEDIATED BY THE HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM IN PSORIASIS

Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, is associated with heightened FDG-uptake in the bone marrow (BM) by FDG/PET-CT concomitant with increased non-calcified coronary plaque burden (NCB) by CCTA. Additionally, psoriasis patients have reduced cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC), which in turn