Chronic Inflammatory Disease Summary

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The name of my article was “Managing premature atherosclerosis in patients with chronic inflammatory disease.” The article referred to individuals with chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic, lupus erythematosus, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis having an increased risk of death due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. It stated that individuals with joint disease risk for myocardial infarction is 60% higher than the general population and systemic inflammatory diseases are doubled the general population. Inflammation mediates the earliest stages of atherosclerosis and systemic inflammation promotes progression of atherosclerosis seems to be an explanation of why individuals with chronic

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