Impact of Infectious Burden on Extent and Long-Term Prognosis of Atherosclerosis | Zendy

Christine EspinolaKlein | Zendy; Hans J. Rupprecht | Zendy; Stefan Blankenberg | Zendy; Christoph Bickel | Zendy; Helmuth Kopp | Zendy; Gerd Rippin | Zendy; Anja Victor | Zendy; Gerd Häfner | Zendy; Wolfgang Schlumberger | Zendy; Jürgen Meyer | Zendy

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Impact of Infectious Burden on Extent and Long-Term Prognosis of Atherosclerosis

Author(s) -

Christine EspinolaKlein,

Hans J. Rupprecht,

Stefan Blankenberg,

Christoph Bickel,

Helmuth Kopp,

Gerd Rippin,

Anja Victor,

Gerd Häfner,

Wolfgang Schlumberger,

Jürgen Meyer

Publication year - 2002

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/hc0102.101362

Subject(s) - medicine , chlamydia , immunology , cytomegalovirus , pathogenesis , antibody , mycoplasma pneumoniae , helicobacter pylori , chlamydophila pneumoniae , herpes simplex virus , odds ratio , virus , herpesviridae , viral disease , pneumonia , chlamydiaceae

Recent findings suggest a causative role of infections in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. In hypothesizing an association between infectious agents and the development of atherosclerosis, we would expect a correlation to the extent of atherosclerosis. Moreover, this effect could be multiplied by the number of pathogens to which an individual had been exposed.

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