Are Morphological or Functional Changes in the Carotid Artery Wall Associated With Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, Cytomegalovirus, or Herpes Simplex Virus Infection? | Zendy

Christine EspinolaKlein | Zendy; HansJürgen Rupprecht | Zendy; Stefan Blankenberg | Zendy; Christoph Bickel | Zendy; Helmuth Kopp | Zendy; Gerd Rippin | Zendy; Gerd Häfner | Zendy; Ulf Pfeifer | Zendy; Jürgen Meyer | Zendy

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Are Morphological or Functional Changes in the Carotid Artery Wall Associated With Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, Cytomegalovirus, or Herpes Simplex Virus Infection?

Author(s) -

Christine EspinolaKlein,

HansJürgen Rupprecht,

Stefan Blankenberg,

Christoph Bickel,

Helmuth Kopp,

Gerd Rippin,

Gerd Häfner,

Ulf Pfeifer,

Jürgen Meyer

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.31.9.2127

Subject(s) - medicine , chlamydia , helicobacter pylori , herpes simplex virus , intima media thickness , stenosis , cytomegalovirus , pathogenesis , gastroenterology , chlamydophila pneumoniae , cardiology , serology , immunology , antibody , virus , carotid arteries , herpesviridae , chlamydiaceae , viral disease

Chronic infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, cytomegalovirus (CMV), and herpes simplex virus (HSV) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. The carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) can be taken to indicate early atherosclerosis, the presence of a carotid stenosis is a marker of a manifest carotid atherosclerosis, and an increase in arterial stiffness is used as marker of structural and functional changes in an atherosclerotic vessel wall.

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