Chronic Infection, Chlamydia And Coronary Heart Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gupta, Sandeep (Editor), Camm, A. John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1999.
• Series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ; 218
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Infectious diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains a major cause of human mortality and morbidity worldwide. Classical risk factors for atherosclerosis fail to account fully for the wide variations in CHD prevalence and/or severity between differing populations. The search for hitherto unrecognised risk factors h...

Table of Contents:

• Atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease
• Associations between infective microorganisms and atherosclerosis
• Chlamydia pneumoniae: Natural history, epidemiology and microbiology
• Association of Chlamydia pneumoniae with atherosclerosis: The evidence
• Association of Chlamydia pneumoniae with atherosclerosis: Potential pathogenetic mechanisms
• Clinical antibiotic trials in coronary heart disease
• A perspective on Chlamydia pneumoniae and coronary heart disease.