By Nicole Lou
Source Medpagetoday
It was common for tiny plastic particles from the environment to infiltrate people’s vascular lesions, foreshadowing future cardiovascular disease in patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy, an observational study showed.
An increased risk of combined myocardial infarction, stroke, or death from any cause over nearly 3 years was observed in people who had microplastics and nanoplastics detected in atherosclerotic plaque from surgically excised carotid plaque specimens (20.0% vs 7.5%, HR 4.53, 95% CI 2.00-10.27).
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