The cardiovascular risk in bullous pemphigoid: Insights from a population-based study.

Background: The risk of life-threatening major cardiovascular outcomes among patients with bullous pemphigoid (BP) is inconsistent in the current literature.

Objective: To evaluate the risk and prognostic outcomes of myocardial infarction (MI), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with BP. We additionally aimed to explore the influence of different therapeutic approaches on the risk of these outcomes.