Two versions of this report, now we just need researchers to determine if the same applies to arteries in the brain/neck
http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2012/12/03/study-points-to-inflammation-as-cause-of-plaque-buildup-in-heart-vessels/
This paragraph is fascinating, I wonder if the statin makers are going to try to discredit it.
Perhaps the most interesting results of this study show that some people
may be born with a predisposition to the development of coronary
atherosclerosis because they have inherited mutations in some key genes
related to inflammation. There has been much debate as to whether
inflammation seen in plaque buildup in heart vessels is a cause or a
consequence of the plaques themselves. Our network analysis of the top
approximately 240 genetic signals in this study seems to provide
evidence that genetic defects in some pathways related to inflammation
are a cause.
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