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Abdominal aortic aneurysm and cytomegalovirus infection

In English

Författare

  • Anders Nyberg
  • Elisabet Skagius
  • Ingrid Nilsson
  • Åsa Ljungh
  • Anders E Henriksson

Summary, in English

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Abdominal aortic aneurysm is regarded traditionally as a consequence of atherosclerosis. Several microorganisms have been suggested as possible contributing factors for the development of abdominal aortic aneurysm. The relevance of CMV in the processes underlying the development, expansion, and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm is unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether CMV infection is related to abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture. One hundred nineteen patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm and 36 matched controls without abdominal aortic aneurysm were investigated prospectively by CMV serology. Patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm have similar levels of IgG antibodies against CMV as patients with nonruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, small abdominal aortic aneurysm, and controls without abdominal aortic aneurysm. In conclusion, this study fails to demonstrate a connection between CMV infection and abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture.

Publiceringsår

2008

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

667-669

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Medical Virology

Volym

80

Issue

4

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Ämne

  • Microbiology in the medical area

Nyckelord

  • cytomegalovirus
  • aortic aneurysm
  • rupture

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1096-9071