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Title:

Role of IgG-seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae in early thrombotic events after coronary stent placement.

Document type:
Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Article
Author(s):
da Costa, CP; Neumann, FJ; Kastrati, A; Stallforth, I; Schmid, M; Joghetai, N; Prebeck, S; Wagner, H; Miethke, T
Abstract:
AIMS: Since infection of endothelial or smooth muscle cells with Chlamydia pneumoniae increased expression of tissue factor and plasminogen activator inhibitor I (PAI-1), C. pneumoniae might be involved in triggering acute thrombotic events in patients with coronary artery disease. Therefore, we explored a potential relationship between IgG-seropositivity to C. pneumoniae and early thrombotic events after coronary stent placement. METHODS AND RESULTS: In a prospective randomized placebo-controll...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Atherosclerosis
Year:
2003
Journal volume:
166
Journal issue:
1
Pages contribution:
171-6
Language:
eng
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12482564
Print-ISSN:
0021-9150
TUM Institution:
I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Kardiologie); Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene; Institut für Virologie
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