Impact of Viral and Bacterial Infectious Burden on Long-Term Prognosis in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
- 3 July 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 104 (1) , 25-31
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hc2601.091703
Abstract
Background—The number of infectious pathogens to which an individual has been exposed (infectious burden) may correlate with coronary artery disease (CAD). In a prospective study, we evaluated the ...Keywords
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