Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae but not cytomegalovirus in occluded saphenous vein coronary artery bypass grafts

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 879-882

  Bartels, Claus ^a   Maass, Matthias ^a   Bein, Gregor ^b   Malisius, Rainer ^a   Brill, Nicole ^c   Bechtel, J F Matthias ^c   Sayk, Friedhelm ^c   Feller, Alfred C ^a   Sievers, Hans Hinrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Medical University Lübeck ^*

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Bypass; Coronary disease; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0033596642     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.7.879     Document Type: Article

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