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Identification of different bacterial DNAs in human coronary arteries
1 Jan 2005
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BACKGROUND: Various studies have suggested a link between infection, atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease. We studied whether bacterial DNA is present in coronary specimens obtained from left anterior descending coronary arteries of subjects having sudden deaths of cardiovascular and other causes, as verified by an autopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Coronary specimens were obtained from five subjects who died...
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