Atherosclerotic patients with diabetes mellitus may break through the threshold of healthy TMAO levels formed by long-term statins therapy

CONCLUSION: Diabetics have abnormally high plasma TMAO levels even under continuous statins treatment, which may contribute to the development and progression of atherosclerosis. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on monitoring TMAO levels in diabetic patients to reduce adverse cardiovascular events in diabetic patients.PMID:36879744 | PMC:PMC9984437 | DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13657

Source: Atherosclerosis - March 7, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hao Liang Anqi Yu Zheng Wang Na Zhang Qingsong Wang Haichao Gao Junhui Gao Xinjun Wang Hong Wang Source Type: research