The Lancet, Volume 350, Issue 9086
, Page 1225, 25 October 1997
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)63456-3Cite or Link Using DOI
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Previous cytomegalovirus or Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and risk of restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
Several micro-organisms including cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Chlamydia pneumoniae
have been linked to atheroslcerosis. Hypotheses about a possible association between these infections and coronary heart disease are based, on various findings including the findings of C pneumoniae
DNA in atherectomy specimens, 1
the association between C pneumoniae
seropositivity and the development of coronary heart disease, 2
and of myocardial infarction. 3
In a study reported last year previous CMV infection could be ident ...
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