盡管與西方國家相比，中國冠心病的死亡率相對較低，但由冠心病導致的額外的負擔一直在增加[11]。所以及時找到一種簡單可靠的動脈粥樣硬化預測因子，不僅可以在早期階段識別有冠狀動脈疾病風險的人，還可以減輕全球負擔。
雖然，到現(xiàn)在為止，人們還不太清楚導致ELC與冠心病之間產生相關性的機制，但ELC依然對冠心病患者提供了一個重要警示。摸一摸，看一看，或許我們就能提前做好治療冠心病的準備。當然，最終確診最好還是到正規(guī)醫(yī)院進行檢查才行。
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