Their endothelial walls also displayed signs of increased infection and inflammation. (joslin.org)
Eating an anti-inflammatory diet like you do is always the best first step to eliminating or at least decreasing inflammation in the endothelial wall but may not be enough in some cases. (nutritionfacts.org)
That said, in most cases it's not the size of the blockage but the character (as in whether it's stable or unstable) and the over all health of the endothelial wall that determines whether or not you'll have a cardiac event. (nutritionfacts.org)