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Bad matters made worse

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Heart attacks occur when lipoprotein-driven inflammation called atherosclerosis triggers blood clotting in the arteries. It seems that the attacks can, in turn, accelerate atherosclerosis by fanning the inflammation. See Letter p.325

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Figure 1: A cycle of damage and repair.

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  1. Ira Tabas is in the Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Cell Biology, and Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.,

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