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Review
. 2024 Dec:36 Suppl 1:S3-S8.
doi: 10.1016/j.arteri.2024.07.001. Epub 2024 Jul 22.

LDL cholesterol as a causal agent of atherosclerosis

[Article in English, Spanish]
Juan Pedro-Botet  1 , Elisenda Climent  2 , David Benaiges  2
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Review

LDL cholesterol as a causal agent of atherosclerosis

[Article in English, Spanish]
Juan Pedro-Botet et al. Clin Investig Arterioscler. 2024 Dec.
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Abstract

Atherosclerosis is a chronic disease that begins in early childhood, and without intervention, progresses throughout life, and inevitably worsens over time, sometimes rapidly. LDL cholesterol, beyond being a cardiovascular risk factor, is a causal agent of atherosclerosis. Without LDL cholesterol there is no atherosclerosis, so the evolution of the disease is modifiable, and even reversible.

Keywords: Agente etiológico; Aterosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; Colesterol LDL; Etiological factor; LDL cholesterol.

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