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1Department of Health Care, Jinan People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 271100, People’s Republic of China;
2Department of Cardiology, Jinan People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 271100, People’s Republic of China
Correspondence: Xia Han
Department of Cardiology, Jinan People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 271100, People’s Republic of China
Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) ranks the leading cause of death worldwide, and inflammation has been implicated in all stages of CAD and is considered to contribute to the pathophysiological basis of atherogenesis.