Interleukin-6 Predicts Carotid Plaque Severity, Vulnerability, and Progression.

Joseph Kamtchum Tatuene Luca Saba Mirjam Rachel Heldner Michiel H F Poorthuis Gert J de Borst Tatjana RundekStavros K KakkosSeemant ChaturvediRaffi TopakianJoseph F Polak Glen C Jicklingnull null

Published in: Circulation research (2022)

Circulating IL-6 predicts carotid plaque severity, vulnerability, and progression. The 2.0 pg/mL cutoff could facilitate the selection of individuals that would benefit from anti-IL-6 drugs for stroke prevention.

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