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Alejandro González Veliz: Cardiology Enters the Era of Inflammation
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May 18, 2026, 13:58

Alejandro González Veliz: Cardiology Enters the Era of Inflammation

Alejandro González Veliz, Interventional Cardiologist at Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Cardiology is changing.

And inflammation may be one of the biggest reasons why.

For decades, cardiovascular risk was centered around:

  • LDL cholesterol
  • stenosis severity
  • ischemia

But many patients continue to experience cardiovascular events despite ‘optimal’ lipid control.

Why?

Because atherosclerosis is not only a lipid disease.

It is also a chronic inflammatory disease.

Inflammation influences:

  • endothelial dysfunction
  • plaque formation
  • plaque vulnerability
  • thrombosis
  • residual cardiovascular risk

This evolving paradigm is reshaping modern preventive cardiology.

Today, inflammation is increasingly connected to:

  • hs-CRP
  • obesity
  • insulin resistance
  • metabolic disease
  • PCOS
  • GLP-1 therapies
  • residual inflammatory risk

The future of cardiovascular prevention may become far more personalized:

  • ApoB
  • Lp(a)
  •  inflammatory profiling
  • metabolic health
  • vascular biology

The question is no longer only:
‘How severe is the stenosis?’

The question is becoming:

‘How biologically active is the disease?’

Cardiology is entering the era of inflammation.”

Alejandro González Veliz

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