The prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerotic and nonatherosclerotic blood vessels of patients attending for redo and first time coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
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OBJECTIVES To determine if Chlamydia pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) is more prevalent in atherosclerotic compared with normal blood vessels of patients requiring redo and first time coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). BACKGROUND Serological and pathological studies have associated atherosclerosis with C. pneumoniae infection. As atherosclerosis is one of the causes of graft failure following CABG, then it may be expected that the prevalence of the organism in failed grafts and diseased native vessels should be greater than in the new grafts. METHODS Endarterectomy specimens and failed and new grafts were collected from 49 patients with late graft failure. Endarterectomy specimens and new grafts were also collected from nine patients having first time CABG. The presence of C. pneumoniae DNA was then checked for using a nested polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS The prevalence of C. pneumoniae DNA in failed venous grafts (38.2%) was similar to that in endarterectomy specimens from native coronary arteries (38.5%) and greater than that in new saphenous vein grafts (11.8%). However, it was similar to that in new internal mammary artery grafts (30.0%). Also, the interval between surgery in redo patients was the same regardless of whether C. pneumoniae was present or not. CONCLUSIONS Cross sectional studies cannot determine whether C. pneumoniae is a cause of atherosclerosis since they do not show whether infection precedes or follows its development. However, our results suggest that the organism is not an important factor in graft failure or atherosclerosis.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
دوره 33 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999