Inflammation as a risk factor for carotid intimal-medial thickening, a measure of subclinical atherosclerosis in haemodialysis patients: The role of chlamydia and cytomegalovirus infection

Investigation of cytomegalovirus infecti

Investigation of cytomegalovirus infection as a risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis in the explanted hearts of patients undergoing heart transplantation

✍ Stephen Dummer; Ann Lee; Mary Kay Breinig; Robert Kormos; Monto Ho; Bartley Grif 📂 Article 📅 1994 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 452 KB

## Abstract Infection with a human herpes virus, particularly cytomegalovirus (CMV), has been hypothesized to be a cofactor in the development of atherosclerosis in humans. We investigated the association of prior CMV infection with the presence of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries of the na