Estudio prospectivo de la seropositividad IgG de Chlamydia pneumoniae y los riesgos de un futuro infarto de miocardio

P M Ridker1, R B Kundsin, M J Stampfer

  • 1Divisions of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. pmridker@bics.bwh.harvard.edu

Circulation
|March 9, 1999
PubMed
Resumen

Este estudio no encontró ninguna relación entre la infección por Chlamydia pneumoniae y el riesgo futuro de infarto de miocardio (IM) en los hombres. La seropositividad a Chlamydia pneumoniae no aumentó la probabilidad de experimentar un primer infarto de miocardio en esta gran cohorte prospectiva.

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