THE ROLE OF INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

New insights into atherosclerosis, the most common disease affecting coronary arteries, may change therapeutic strategies from largely symptomatic to causal. Atherosclerotic plaques contain a lipid-related, immune-mediated inflammation, with release of secretory products capable of changing plaque m...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annual review of medicine 2001-01, Vol.52 (1), p.289-297
Hauptverfasser:	Becker, Anton E, de Boer, Onno J, van der Wal, Allard C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	acute coronary syndromes atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research) Biological and medical sciences Blood and lymphatic vessels Cardiology. Vascular system Chlamydia Infections - complications Chlamydia pneumoniae Chlamydophila pneumoniae Chronic Disease chronic inflammation Coronary Artery Disease - immunology Coronary Artery Disease - microbiology Coronary Artery Disease - pathology Coronary heart disease Heart Humans immune-mediated disease Infection - complications Inflammation Medical sciences
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