DETECTION 01' OHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE BY , POLYMERASE (MAIN REACTION (PCR) IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE.

Abstract

More than a century ago, inflammation and infection were considered to liave atherogenic effects During the la^t century^ thii hypothesis ttds completely abandoned. The old idea that coronary artery disease possibly has an infectious etiology re-emcrged in recent years (Leinotu't/ & Saikku, 2000). Endovastcular infection might provide an explanation for unclear phenomena of athej open CMS like mesenchymal cell proliferation and the distinict inflammatory component (Uhhy, 1996).