Iron intake and cardiovascular disease

Iron enhances endothelial cell activation in response to Cytomegalovirus or Chlamydia pneumoniae infection

“…These conditions include hereditary haemochromatosis and secondary iron overload like in thalassaemia with frequent blood transfusions [37]. The labile forms of iron may play a role in the development of atherosclerotic vascular disease [38,39]. Coincidently, iron has been found accumulating in human atheroma [40].…”