Year: 2025
Type: editorial
Abstract: In 1957, the Framingham Heart Study introduced the term "cardiovascular risk factor" after identifying various factors that influence heart disease.High blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, obesity, diabetes, and physical inactivity have since been recognized as key risk factors for stroke, pulmonary embolism, coronary artery disease, and heart failure 1 .Despite these insights, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States.Interestingly, multiple studies have reported increased platelet reactivity in hypercholesterolemia without offering a mechanistic explanation for this phenomenon 2-4 .In the current issue of Circulation Research, Liu et al. describe a non-canonical function of the
Source: Circulation Research
Authors: Yanki Yarman, Xuefei Zhao, Peisong Ma
Institution: Thomas Jefferson University
Language: English
Subfield: Hematology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4409317396