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Recent data suggest that active inflammation and/or infection in the coronary arteries may play a role in ischemic heart disease (IHD) [1, 2]. The infectious theory has been suggested by epidemiological, serological, immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization studies, which indicated a possible etiologic role of some viruses and bacteria in the development of atherosclerotic lesions [3–5]. Among the micro-organisms potentially implicated, Chlamydia pneumoniae is the most extensively studied in the literature [6–9].
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Allegra, L., Cosentini, R., Tarsia, P. (1999). Clarithromycin Treatment of Helicobacter pylori and Chlamydia pneumoniae Infections Decreases Fibrinogen Plasma Level in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease. In: Allegra, L., Blasi, F. (eds) Chlamydia pneumoniae. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2280-5_19
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