Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae deoxyribonucleic acid in blood samples taken from coronary sinus after coronary angioplasty

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 179-181

  Yetkin, Ertan ^a,e   Yetkin, Gulay ^b   Tandogan, Izzet ^a   Kocabas, N Aygun ^c   Ileri, Mehmet ^d   Ozdemir, Ramazan ^a   Kosar, Feridun ^a   Turhan, Hasan ^d   Cehreli, Sengul ^a   Mert, Ali ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SSK Hospital   (Turkey)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^e Yesiltepe Evleri   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BACTEREMIA; CAROTID SINUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037099482     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02448-7     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Demonstration of Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerotic lesion of coronary arteries
2. Chlamydia pneumoniae (TWAR) in atherosclerosis of the carotid artery
3. High prevelance of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with cardiovascular disease and in middle-aged blood donors
4. The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: A perspective for the 1990s
5. Roles of infectious agents in atherosclerosis and restenosis: An assessment of the evidence and need for future research
6. Serological evidence of an association of a novel Chlamydia, TWAR, with chronic coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction
7. Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae (TWAR) in human coronary atherectomy tissues
8. Increased incidence of Chlamydia species within the coronary arteries of patients with symptomatic atherosclerosis versus other forms of cardiovascular disease
9. Isolation of Chlamydia pneumoniae (TWAR) from the coronary arteries of a patient with coronary atherosclerosis
10. Failure to detect Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerotic plaques of Australien patients
11. Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerotic and nonatherosclerotic tissue
12. Chlamydia pneumoniae in coronary plaques: Increased detection with acute coronary syndrome
13. Demonstration of Chlamydia pneumoniae in the walls of abdominal aortic aneurysms
14. Circulating Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA as a predictor of coronary artery disease
15. Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae within peripheral blood monocytes of patients with unstable angina or myocardial infarction
16. Circulating Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA as a predictor of coronary artery disease
17. Assessments of coronary angioplasty results by intravascular ultrasound
18. Coronary angioplasty induces rise in Chlamydia pneumoniae-specific antibodies
19. Circulating nucleic acids of Chlamydia pneumoniae and cytomegalovirus in patients undergoing coronary angiography