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The association between infection burden in Iranian patients with acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina.

Abdollah Jafarzadeh, Maryam Nemati, M N Tahmasbi, Parnian AHMADI, Mohammad Taghi Rezayati, Ahmad Reza Sayadi

PubMed · 2011 · 28 citations · 28 references

Abstract

the infection burden was significantly higher in patients with IHD, which represent that the parameter should also be considered as an independent risk factor for development of IHD. The seroprevalence of H. pylori, CMV and HSV-1 were also higher in patients with IHD.

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