Density of Chlamydia pneumoniae is increased in fibrotic and calcified areas of degenerative aortic stenosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-47

  Pierri, Humberto ^a   Higuchi Dos Santos, Marilia Harumi ^a   Higuchi, Maria De Lourdes ^a   Palomino, Sueli ^a   Sambiase, Nadia Vieira ^a   Demarchi, Lea Maria M ^a   Rodrigues, Giselle Helena De Paula ^a,b   Nussbacher, Amit ^a   Ramires, José Antonio Franchini ^a   Wajngarten, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Calcification; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CADAVER; CALCINOSIS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33644660536     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.04.022     Document Type: Article

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