Evaluation of Association between Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Atherosclerotic Plaques in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with Abnormal Angiography
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50545#.VECR5FfHRK0 Author(s) Darioush Iranpour 1 , Frahad Abbasi 2* , Kamran Mirzayee 1 , Nahid Mohammadzadeh 1 , Alireza Raeisi 1 , Akram Najafi 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Bushehr University of Medical Science, Bushehr, Iran . 2 The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran . 3 The Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran . ABSTRACT The role of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is one of the most important discussions in coronary artery diseases. In this study, the relationship between C. pneumoniae seropositivity an...