Open AccessIs there any relationship between Chlamydophila pneumoniae and coronary atherosclerosis among Iranians?
Author(s) -
Mohammad Hadi Sadeghian,
Seyed Abbas Tabatabaee Yazdi,
Hossein Ayatollahi,
Mohammad Reza Keramati,
Kiarash Ghazvini,
Ali R. Rezai,
Nasrin Heidari,
Maryam Sheikhi,
Gohar Shaghayegh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.108894
Subject(s) - coronary atherosclerosis , chlamydophila pneumoniae , medicine , pathogenesis , pneumonia , coronary artery disease , cardiology , polymerase chain reaction , body mass index , coronary arteries , artery , chlamydia , pathology , immunology , gene , chlamydiaceae , biology , biochemistry
Atherosclerosis is a coronary heart disease, andis the most common cause of death in the industrialized world. Some studies suggested that atherosclerosis may be triggered by infectious agents, mostly Chlamydophila pneumoniae. However, the role of C. pneumoniae in the pathogenesis of coronary atherosclerosis is still controversial.