Why cholesterol damages arteries: Cholesterol crystals lead to life-threatening inflammation in blood vessel walls

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 16:31 in Health & Medicine

The presence of crystalline cholesterol in the walls of our arteries is a major cause of life-threatening inflammation. This has been demonstrated in a new study.

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