INFLAMMATION! IS IT THE CULPRIT? COULD HIGH CHOLESTEROL ONLY BE A REPAIR MECHANISM THAT INCREASES OR EXPEDITES THE BLOCKAGE? HIV Patient Study reveal

Increased Presence, Severity of Coronary Artery Plaques in HIV-Infected Men
ScienceDaily (Jan. 8, 2010) — A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study has found that relatively young men with longstanding HIV infection and minimal cardiac risk factors had significantly more coronary atherosclerotic plaques -- some involving serious arterial blockage -- than did uninfected men with similar cardiovascular risk.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100107151659.htm

Could it be that heart disease with coronary blockages are caused from inflammation? Obviously the body is constantly inflamed while battling HIV. Could those without HIV have inflammation too from eating High Glycemic foods or High Blood Pressure or Stress? Could it be that those inflammation markers combined with genetically inclined high cholesterol profiles expedite the blockages while those without any symptoms of heart disease such as in the case of the HIV patients actually have the disease due to arterial inflammation?