Infections and the Cardiovascular System: New Perspectives

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Fong, I. W. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2003.
• Σειρά: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century ; 1
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Cardiology.; Infectious diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Medical Microbiology.

Infectious agents have been recognized to involve the heart and vascular system for well over a century. Traditional concepts and teachings of their involvement in the pathogenesis of disease have been by a few established mechanisms. Since the last decade of the 20th century there has been renewed...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Traditional Infections Affecting the Cardiovascular System
• New Insights and Updates for Established Entities
• Atherosclerosis and Inflammation
• Traditional Risk Factors and Newly Recognized Emerging Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
• Effect of Infection on Lipoproteins and the Coagulation System
• Emerging Relationships of Infections and the Cardiovascular System
• Chlamydia pneumoniae and the Cardiovascular System
• Periodontal Disease and the Cardiovascular System
• Cytomegalovirus and Herpes Simplex Virus in Cardiovascular Disease
• Miscellaneous Infections and Atherosclerosis: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease.