Human cytomegalovirus seropositivity is associated with impaired vascular function

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 678-683

  Grahame Clarke, Cairistine ^b   Chan, Norman N ^a   Andrew, Dawn ^b   Ridgway, Geoff L ^c   Betteridge, D John ^b   Emery, Vincent ^b   Colhoun, Helen M ^a   Vallance, Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Risk factors; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BRADYKININ; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOREARM; GREAT BRITAIN; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0042664015     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000084505.54603.C7     Document Type: Article

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