Role of Blocking IL-1 with Canakinumab for Atherosclerotic Disease

Update 09/29/2017: Here is a Storify summary of our session: https://storify.com/psufka/rheumjc-from-09-28-2017 

Our next #RheumJC session will be Thursday, September 28th.

We’ll be discussing the recently published NEJM article Antiinflammatory Therapy with Canakinumab for Atherosclerotic Disease.

Also refer to the associated editorial in NEJM, Targeting Inflammation in Coronary Artery Disease.

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