Fearsome invisible enemies, atherosclerotic plaques are deposited throughout life on the walls of our arteries.
In the event of chronic excess sugar in the blood, these plaques mainly made up of
“bad fats”
multiply and then eventually break off.
They then enter the blood circulation where they are likely to obstruct the arteries.
When the artery in question is the one that brings blood to the heart, the outcome can be fatal.
We are talking about myocardial infarction.
Like stroke, this cardiovascular event associated with atherosclerosis is among the most severe complications of type 2 diabetes (that which develops over the course of life due to excessive consumption of sugars).
It is estimated that in those affected, the risk doubles over the course of their lives.
However, it remains very difficult to predict these events to this day.
In a recent study, scientists from Inserm, Paris Cité University and…
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