role of infections in cardiovascular disease

October 2002

Lots of research is coming out on the role of infections in cardiovascular disease.

Many patients with heart disease have evidence of H. pylori, Chlamydia pneumoniae, or viral infections.

Now several big studies are testing the theory that inflammation from these infections contributes to atherosclerosis...plaque rupture...and heart attack.

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