Impact of viral and bacterial infectious burden on long-term prognosis in patients with coronary artery disease

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-31

  Rupprecht, Hans Jürgen ^a,c   Blankenberg, Stefan ^a   Bickel, Christoph ^a   Rippin, Gerd ^a   Hafner, Gerd ^a   Prellwitz, Wilfried ^a   Schlumberger, Wolfgang ^b   Meyer, Jürgen ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Experimental Immunology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary disease; Infection; Inflammation; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0035800081     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc2601.091703     Document Type: Article

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