A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
Matheus Augusto Callegari
, Ricardo Luiz Damatto, Priscila Portugal dos Santos
Matheus Augusto Callegari
, Ricardo Luiz Damatto, Priscila Portugal dos Santos
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of mortality, accounting for 17.9 million deaths in 2019, 32% of all global deaths. It is important to detect CVD early to start treatment. For this, there are several standard risk factors in CVD prediction, but interest in finding more sensitive and accurate biomarkers is intense. Gonçalinho et al. propose that the use of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction biomarkers may reflect CVD and predict worse prognosis, regardless of traditional risk factors. Most CVDs […]
Keywords: Fatty Acids; Heart Disease Risk Factors; Lipoproteins; Palmitic Acid; Stearic Acids