Infections and the Cardiovascular System: New Perspectives

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fong, I. W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2003.
• Series: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century ; 1
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.