🤓 Discussing the new study out, March 6, 2024 from the New England Journal of Medicine…
“Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular Events
(Raffaele Marfella et al.)”
#microplastics #plastic #plasticsurgery #heartdisease #cardiovasculardisease #drinkingwater #singleuseplastics #autoimmunediseases #autoimmunedisease #hormoneimbalance #cardiacnurse #hearthealth #heartdiseaseawareness
Abstract
👉🏽Background: Microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) are emerging as a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease in preclinical studies. Direct evidence that this risk extends to humans is lacking.
The primary end point was a composite of myocardial infarction, stroke, or death from any cause among patients who had evidence of MNPs in plaque as compared with patients with plaque that showed no evidence of MNPs.
👉🏽👉🏽Conclusions: In this study, patients with carotid artery plaque in which MNPs were detected had a higher risk of a composite of myocardial infarction, stroke, or death from any cause at 34 months of follow-up than those in whom MNPs were not detected.
