Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae But Not Cytomegalovirus in Occluded Saphenous Vein Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts
Author(s) -
Claus Bartels,
Matthias Maass,
Gregor Bein,
Rainer Malisius,
Nicole Brill,
Matthias Bechtel,
Friedhelm Sayk,
Alfred C. Feller,
HansHinrich Sievers
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.99.7.879
Subject(s) - medicine , chlamydia , chlamydophila pneumoniae , vein , artery , cytomegalovirus , cardiology , chlamydiaceae , pathology , virology , virus , immunology , herpesviridae , viral disease
A causal relation between atherosclerosis and chronic infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae and/or cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been suggested. Whether the unresolved problem of venous coronary artery bypass graft occlusion is related to infection with C pneumoniae and/or CMV has not been addressed.
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