Inflammation is involved in the earliest stages of atherosclerosis

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Inflammation plays an important role in the development of atherosclerosis from its earliest stages, long before the onset of symptoms or cardiovascular events such as heart attack or stroke. This is the main conclusion of a study led by a team at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) and published in the European Heart Journal. The research shows that systemic…

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