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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Disease Edition: hs-CRP and Cardiovascular Disease
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. [@chutkaMD]
Guest: Regis I. Fernandes, M.D.
Inflammation commonly occurs as a response to injury or infection but can lead to damage when it develops in healthy tissue. It’s now known that inflammation plays a key role in the development of cardiovascular disease. It produces damage to the endovascular arterial cells allowing plaque to form within the artery leading to stenosis, thereby reducing coronary blood flow. What initiates the inflammatory response as it develops in otherwise healthy arteries? How should we use the hs-CRP in measuring inflammation in ca...