Is Inflammation the "real cause" of Heart Disease? Prof. Kausik Ray

What role does inflammation play in heart disease, plaque growth and risk of heart attacks? If we keep inflammation in check, is that enough to keep our heart disease risk down? Is inflammation the /”real cause/” of heart disease or one factor among many?

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References:
1-https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/41/24/2313/5735221
2-https://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150(23)00154-5/fulltext
3-https://www.jrheum.org/content/32/7/1219.short
4-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673610621745
5-https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1707914
6-https://www.jacc.org/doi/epdf/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.08.012
7-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002914903006337
8-https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.034032#
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266666772030091X
9-https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00215-5/fulltext
10-https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa042378

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0:00 Intro
1:10 Is inflammation necessary for Heart Disease?
2:45 Can we stop inflammation?
4:00 Do statins work by reducing inflammation?
5:19 Summary and Takeaways