Atherosclerosis
Study data from Sweden, Germany and the United States provide new insights into atherosclerosis
Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, April 22nd, 2007
Study 1: New research, "Circulating oxidized low-density lipoprotein is associated with echolucent plaques in the femoral artery independently of hsCRP in 61-year-old men," is the subject of a report. According to recent research from Gothenburg, Sweden, "The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that circulating markers of inflammation (high-sensitive C-reactive protein, hsCRP) and oxidative modification of lipids (oxidized low-density lipoprotein, oxLDL) were associated with the occurrence of echolucent rather than echogenic femoral artery plaques in a cross-sectional population...
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