Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular Events.
Raffaele MarfellaFrancesco PrattichizzoCelestino SarduGianluca FulgenziLaura GraciottiTatiana SpadoniNunzia D'OnofrioLucia ScisciolaRosalba La GrottaChiara FrigéValeria PellegriniMaurizio MunicinòMario SiniscalchiFabio SpinettiGennaro VigliottiCarmine VecchioneAlbino CarrizzoGiulio AccarinoAntonio SquillanteGiuseppe SpazianoDavida MirraRenata EspositoSimona AltieriGiovanni FalcoAngelo FentiSimona GaloppoSilvana CanzanoFerdinando C SassoGiulia MatacchioneFabiola OlivieriFranca FerraraccioIacopo PanaresePasquale PaolissoEmanuele BarbatoCarmine LubrittoMaria L BalestrieriCiro MauroAugusto E CaballeroSanjay RajagopalanAntonio CerielloBruno D'AgostinoPasquale IovinoGiuseppe PaolissoPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2024)
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. (Funded by Programmi di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT05900947.).