What is this paper about
The main message of this paper is that current treatment of atherosclerosis relies mainly on standard preventive therapies—cholesterol lowering, combination lipid therapy, and blood-pressure control—whereas future treatment may come from more precise targeting of inflammation, endothelial injury, oxidative stress, immune pathways, and plaque biology. The review maps 47 original research topics, from combination therapies to cannabinoid receptor modulation, and 10 recurrent directions in the non-original literature, from lipid reduction to personalized imaging of plaque burden.
