• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

The Role of CMV Infection in Primary Lesions, Development and Clinical Expression of Atherosclerosis
J Clin Med. 2022 Jul 1;11(13):3832. doi: 10.3390/jcm11133832.ABSTRACTThe number of deaths related to cardiovascular disease is increasing every year, despite all available therapies and the aggressive campaigns for lifestyle modification and prevention of risk factors. Atherosclerosis is a complex process underlying cardiovascular disease. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is often associated to atherosclerosis and its clinical expression such as coronary heart disease, stroke, or peripheral artery disease. CMV infection may promote acute atherosis within placentas from women with preeclampsia and it may also accelerate atherosclerosi...
Source: Atherosclerosis - July 9, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Carmen Valentina Cristescu Sophie Alain Simona Maria Ru ță Source Type: research

Title: Cytomegalovirus antibody levels and mortality among hospitalized elderly patients.
Conclusions: Increased IgG antibody levels against CMV are associated with increased short and long-term mortality in elderly hospitalized patients, especially in the patients without cardiovascular disease. PMID: 32803995 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Medicine - August 19, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Ann Med Source Type: research