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Towards a new understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular disease.
Discovery medicine - 1 Oct 2019
Reis António Heitor
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In this article, we review a process put forward in former publications by which fatty acid micelles and vesicles with an acidic core can develop, and the physiological manifestations of such process in the human body. The process allows the understanding of arterial calcification, why coronary arteries, aorta, and carotids are the most affected vessels, and the preferential distribution of plaques on the areas...
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