Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies and endothelial function as assessed by flow-mediated dilation in patients with chest pain with and without ischemic heart disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 982-985

  Malmqvist, Beata B ^a   Diness, Birgitte R ^a   Krogsgaard, Kim ^a   Thomassen, Lars H ^a   Jensen, Gorm Boje ^a   Gluud, Christian ^b   Hansen, Jørgen Fischer ^b   Hildebrandt, Per ^b   Jespersen, Christian M ^b   Kastrup, Jens ^b   Kolmos, Hans Jørn ^b   Lind, Inga ^b   Nielsen, Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037446463     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00119-X     Document Type: Article

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