CBS 2019
CBSMD教育中心
中 文

ASCVD Prevention

Abstract

Recommended Article

Association of Coronary Artery Calcium With Long-term, Cause-Specific Mortality Among Young Adults Can Biomarkers of Myocardial Injury Provide Complementary Information to Coronary Imaging? Lysed Erythrocyte Membranes Promote Vascular Calcification: Possible Role of Erythrocyte-Derived Nitric Oxide Impaired Retinal Microvascular Function Predicts Long-Term Adverse Events in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death Effects of empagliflozin on first and recurrent clinical events in patients with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a secondary analysis of the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial Statin Effects on Vascular Calcification: Microarchitectural Changes in Aortic Calcium Deposits in Aged Hyperlipidemic Mice Use of Risk Assessment Tools to Guide Decision-Making in the Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease : A Special Report From the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology

Review Article1999 Jan 14;340(2):115-26.

JOURNAL:N Engl J Med. Article Link

Atherosclerosis — An Inflammatory Disease

Ross R Keywords: atherosclerosis; inflammatory disease

First 100 Words

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease. Because high plasma concentrations of cholesterol, in particular those of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, are one of the principal risk factors for atherosclerosis,1 the process of atherogenesis has been considered by many to consist largely of the accumulation of lipids within the artery wall; however, it is much more than that. Despite changes in lifestyle and the use of new pharmacologic approaches to lower plasma cholesterol concentrations,2,3 cardiovascular disease continues to be the principal cause of death in the United States, Europe, and much of Asia.4,5 In fact, the lesions of atherosclerosis represent . . .