Inflammation Beats Cholesterol: A Comment on the Unequivocal Driver of Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Despite advancements in the current standard of care, cardiovascular diseases continue to hold the top spot as the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The development of atherosclerosis is the most common culprit behind ailments such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and peripheral vascular dis...

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Main Authors: Vaccarezza, Mauro, Galassi, Francesco M
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91202
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description Despite advancements in the current standard of care, cardiovascular diseases continue to hold the top spot as the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The development of atherosclerosis is the most common culprit behind ailments such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease. Consequently, it imposes a significant burden on life expectancy, quality of life, morbidity, and societal costs. Both increased cholesterol levels and the activation of the inflammatory cascade are known as cardiovascular risk facts. Their relative weight is in the spotlight of curent biomedical research. Newly published data shed light on the role of inflammation in determining cardiovascular risk irrespective of cholesterol levels and cholesterol-lowering therapies
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-912022023-05-30T07:46:55Z Inflammation Beats Cholesterol: A Comment on the Unequivocal Driver of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Vaccarezza, Mauro Galassi, Francesco M inflammation atherosclerosis cardiovascular risk statins Despite advancements in the current standard of care, cardiovascular diseases continue to hold the top spot as the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The development of atherosclerosis is the most common culprit behind ailments such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease. Consequently, it imposes a significant burden on life expectancy, quality of life, morbidity, and societal costs. Both increased cholesterol levels and the activation of the inflammatory cascade are known as cardiovascular risk facts. Their relative weight is in the spotlight of curent biomedical research. Newly published data shed light on the role of inflammation in determining cardiovascular risk irrespective of cholesterol levels and cholesterol-lowering therapies 2023 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91202 10.3390/jcm12072519 English http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI AG fulltext
spellingShingle inflammation
atherosclerosis
cardiovascular risk
statins
Vaccarezza, Mauro
Galassi, Francesco M
Inflammation Beats Cholesterol: A Comment on the Unequivocal Driver of Cardiovascular Disease Risk
title Inflammation Beats Cholesterol: A Comment on the Unequivocal Driver of Cardiovascular Disease Risk
title_full Inflammation Beats Cholesterol: A Comment on the Unequivocal Driver of Cardiovascular Disease Risk
title_fullStr Inflammation Beats Cholesterol: A Comment on the Unequivocal Driver of Cardiovascular Disease Risk
title_full_unstemmed Inflammation Beats Cholesterol: A Comment on the Unequivocal Driver of Cardiovascular Disease Risk
title_short Inflammation Beats Cholesterol: A Comment on the Unequivocal Driver of Cardiovascular Disease Risk
title_sort inflammation beats cholesterol: a comment on the unequivocal driver of cardiovascular disease risk
topic inflammation
atherosclerosis
cardiovascular risk
statins
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91202