Arterial stiffness and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in coronary artery disease. Is there a link?

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 285-290

  Pitiriga, Vassiliki ^a   Lekakis, John ^a   Kotsis, Vasilios ^a   Protogerou, Athanasios ^a   Ikonomidis, Ignatios ^a   Gennimata, Vassilike ^a   Zakopoulos, Nikos ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; C. pneumoniae; Coronary artery disease; Infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NITRATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRROLES; RISK FACTORS; SIMVASTATIN; SMOKING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33749390359     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430600959960     Document Type: Article

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