Impact of infectious burden on extent and long-term prognosis of atherosclerosis

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-21

  Espinola Klein, C ^a   Rupprecht, H J ^a   Blankenberg, S ^a   Bickel, C ^a   Kopp, H ^a   Rippin, G ^a   Victor, A ^a   Hafner, G ^a   Schlumberger, W ^a   Meyer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Coronary disease; Infection; Peripheral vascular disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VIRUSES;

EID: 0036140702     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc0102.101362     Document Type: Article

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