Patients with an Inflamed Atherosclerotic Plaque have Increased Levels of Circulating Inflammatory Markers.

CONCLUSION: Our study showed that an interrelationship exists between the intensity of inflammatory process of atherosclerotic lesions shown by FDG uptake and circulating inflammatory markers. Therefore, the determination of circulating inflammatory markers can have a potential to identify individuals with unstable, inflamed atherosclerotic plaques. PMID: 27237221 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis - Category: Cardiology Tags: J Atheroscler Thromb Source Type: research