Inflammation markers linked more with fatal than nonfatal cardiovascular events in elderly

A study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine shows that for elderly people at risk of cardiovascular disease, the presence of inflammatory markers in the blood can identify that an individual is at a higher risk of a fatal rather than a non-fatal heart attack or stroke.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news164965315.html">Inflammation markers linked more with fatal than nonfatal cardiovascular events in elderly</a></p> <p>A study published this week in the open access journal <i>PLoS Medicine</i> shows that for elderly people at risk of cardiovascular disease, the presence of inflammatory markers in the blood can identify that an individual is at a higher risk of a fatal rather than a non-fatal heart attack or stroke.</p>