The Scientist Staff | Sep 26, 1999 | 3 min read
Edited by: Eugene Russo P.M. Ridker, M. Cushman, M.J. Stampfer, R.P. Tracy, C.H. Hennekens, "Inflammation, aspirin, and the risk of cardiovascular disease in apparently healthy men," New England Journal of Medicine, 336:973-9, April 3, 1997. (Cited in more than 250 papers since publication) Comments by Paul M. Ridker, associate professor of medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Physicians typically check patients for signs of cardiovascular disease, or atherosclerosis, by measuring