Ectasia and severe atherosclerosis: Relationships with Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, and inflammatory markers

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-27

  Adiloglu, Ali K ^a,d   Can, Rabia ^b   Nazli, Cem ^c   Ocal, Ahmet ^a   Ergene, Oktay ^c   Tinaz, Gulgun ^a   Kisioglu, Nesimi ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Microbiology Department   (Turkey)

^c Atatürk Educational and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Bacterial infections complications; Biological markers; C reactive protein; Cardiovascular diseases etiology; Chlamydia infections complications; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Dilatation, pathologic etiology; Helicobacter infections complications

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 14644428996     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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