Infections May Cause Arterial Inflammation, Atherosclerosis, Myocarditis and Cardiovascular Disease

Effective prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease (CVD), the commonest cause death in most countries, is still lacking. For many years we have studied cholesterol hypothesis found that there are contradictions to this hypothesis. instance, no trial has shown exposure response; lipid values not associated with degree atherosclerosis, people high LDL-C live just as long or longer than low LDL-C. These facts together observation inflammation a common finding atherosclerotic arteries probably contributed CVD may be caused by inflammation. However, several trials anti-inflammatory drugs such increases risk CVD. Therefore, relevant whether it infections which because human observations animal experiments accordance idea. As cholesterol-lowering ineffective serious side effects, believe future research should elucidate importance etiology A method would perform blood culture on all patients an acute AMI if positive, treat patient appropriate antibiotic.