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How low-grade inflammation is involved in the development of heart disease?
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A risk factor for CVD that may be more important than high blood cholesterol idition called low-grade inflammation. This condition weakens the plaques in the blood vessels, making I tmore fragile. As the plaques become more fragile it is more likely to burst and break away from the side of our arteries. It may then form a blood clot and close off a vessel going to the heart or brain causing a heart attack or stroke. The marker in our bodies that indicates the degree of inflammation is C - reactive protein.
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