Toxic Metals and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Carotid, Femoral, and Coronary Vascular Territories: The Aragon Workers Health Study.
Maria Grau-PerezMaria J Caballero-MateosArce Domingo-RellosoAna Navas-AcienJose L Gomez-ArizaTamara García BarreraMontse Leon-LatreZoraida Soriano-GilEstibaliz JarautaAna CenarroBelen Moreno-FrancoMartin LaclaustraFernando CiveiraJose Antonio CasasnovasEliseo GuallarMaria Tellez-PlazaPublished in: Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (2021)
Our results support arsenic and cadmium and identify titanium and potentially antimony as atherosclerosis risk factors. Exposure reduction and mitigation interventions of these metals may decrease cardiovascular risk in individuals without clinical disease.