Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

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1989 • 3,034 citations

Intimal plus medial thickness of the arterial wall: a direct measurement with ultrasound imaging.

1986 • 2,432 citations

Chronic infections and coronary heart disease: is there a link?

1997 • 1,225 citations

Reagent for the enzymatic determination of serum total cholesterol with improved lipolytic efficiency.

1983 • 958 citations

A New Respiratory Tract Pathogen: Chlamydia pneumoniae Strain TWAR

1990 • 800 citations

Chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection as a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease in the Helsinki Heart Study

1992 • 790 citations

Demonstration of Chlamydia pneumoniae in Atherosclerotic Lesions of Coronary Arteries

1993 • 765 citations

A NewChlamydia psittaciStrain, TWAR, Isolated in Acute Respiratory Tract Infections

1986 • 727 citations

Elevated Chlamydia pneumoniae Antibodies, Cardiovascular Events, and Azithromycin in Male Survivors of Myocardial Infarction

1997 • 726 citations

The Minnesota code manual of electrocardiographic findings: Standards and procedures for measurement and classification

1982 • 712 citations

Community surveillance of coronary heart disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study: Methods and initial two years' experience

1996 • 673 citations

Randomised trial of roxithromycin in non-Q-wave coronary syndromes: ROXIS pilot study

1997 • 579 citations

Infection With Chlamydia pneumoniae Accelerates the Development of Atherosclerosis and Treatment With Azithromycin Prevents It in a Rabbit Model

1998 • 522 citations

Robust Variance Estimation for the Case-Cohort Design

1994 • 517 citations

Isolation of Chlamydia pneumoniae from the Coronary Artery of a Patient with Coronary Atherosclerosis

1996 • 480 citations

Epidemiology and prevention: Association of Chlamydia pneumoniae and acute coronary heart disease events in non-insulin dependent diabetic and non-diabetic subjects in Finland

1996 • 459 citations

Increased incidence of Chlamydiaspecies within the coronary arteries of patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic versus other forms of cardiovascular disease

1996 • 423 citations

Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in coronary arterial fatty streaks and atheromatous plaques.

1992 • 412 citations

Association of prior infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae and angiographically demonstrated coronary artery disease

1992 • 399 citations

Chlamydia pneumoniae (TWAR) in coronary arteries of young adults (15-34 years old).

1995 • 370 citations

Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in aortic lesions of atherosclerosis by immunocytochemical stain.

1993 • 348 citations

Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae TWAR in Human Coronary Atherectomy Tissues

1995 • 345 citations

Chlamydia pneumoniae (TWAR) in Atherosclerosis of the Carotid Artery

1995 • 334 citations

Chlamydia Pneumoniae , Cytomegalovirus, and Herpes Simplex Virus in Atherosclerosis of the Carotid Artery

1997 • 317 citations

Chlamydia pneumoniae-specific circulating immune complexes in patients with chronic coronary heart disease.

1993 • 291 citations

An Epidemic of Mild Pneumonia Due to an Unusual Strain of Chlamydia psittaci

1985 • 290 citations

Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae but not Helicobacter pylori in atherosclerotic plaques of aortic aneurysms

1996 • 254 citations

Past infection by Chlamydia pneumoniae strain TWAR and asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis

1993 • 245 citations

Chlamydia pneumoniae strain TWAR antibody and angiographically demonstrated coronary artery disease.

1991 • 242 citations

Chlamydia pneumoniae infection induces inflammatory changes in the aortas of rabbits

1997 • 236 citations

Association of Chlamydial Infection With Cerebrovascular Disease

1996 • 225 citations

Detection and widespread distribution of Chlamydia pneumoniae in the vascular system and its possible implications.

1996 • 213 citations

In vitro susceptibility of human vascular wall cells to infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae

1995 • 193 citations

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1995 • 191 citations

Failure to Detect Chlamydia pneumoniae in Coronary Atheromas of Patients Undergoing Atherectomy

1996 • 191 citations

Infections and Atherosclerosis: New Clues from an Old Hypothesis?

1998 • 189 citations

The epidemiology and significance of Chlamydia pneumoniae

1992 • 158 citations

Smoking is a potential confounder of the Chlamydia pneumoniae-coronary artery disease association.

1992 • 117 citations

Importance of Smoking for Chlamydia pneumoniae Seropositivity

1994 • 113 citations

Chlamydia pneumoniae multiplies in human endothelial cells in vitro

1994 • 95 citations

Chlamydia pneumoniae, strain TWAR and atherosclerosis.

1993 • 89 citations

A Possible Association of Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection and Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients Younger Than 65 Years of Age

1997 • 74 citations

Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody response in patients with acute myocardial infarction and their follow-up

1998 • 69 citations

Chlamydia pneumoniae and acute myocardial infarction in Jerusalem

1997 • 45 citations

Smoking and Heart Disease

2012 • 17 citations