version of the Guidelines, which is freely available via the ESC and EAS websites and
hosted on their journals' websites (EHJ and Atherosclerosis Journal). The National Cardiac …

Background Inflammation links to atherosclerosis and its complications in various
experimental investigations. Animal studies have implicated numerous inflammatory …

Microbiome community typing analyses have recently identified the Bacteroides 2 (Bact2)
enterotype, an intestinal microbiota configuration that is associated with systemic …

Inflammation constitutes a complex, highly conserved cascade of molecular and cellular
events. Inflammation has been labeled as “the fire within,” is highly regulated, and is critical …

The concept that inflammation participates pivotally in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis
and its complications has gained considerable attention, but has not yet entered clinical …

Background Inability to tolerate statins because of muscle symptoms contributes to
uncontrolled cholesterol levels and insufficient cardiovascular risk reduction. Bempedoic …

Plasma levels of the inflammatory biomarker high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP)
predict vascular risk with an effect estimate as large as that of total or high-density …

The ongoing worldwide increase in life expectancy portends a rising prevalence of age-
related cardiovascular (CV) diseases in the coming decades that demands a deeper …

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease within the arterial wall that is responsible for
several important adverse vascular events, including coronary artery disease, myocardial …

The notion of atherosclerosis as a chronic inflammatory disease has intensified research on
the role of cytokines and the way these molecules act and interact to initiate and sustain …