Severity of carotid atherosclerosis unrelated to Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in acute ischemic stroke patients: a clinicopathological study

Cerebrovascular Diseases
József KónyaLászló Csiba

Abstract

Both clinical and pathological alterations of the carotid arteries were correlated with Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in 67 acute ischemic stroke patients with severe neurological symptoms. In the clinical study, intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid arteries was determined in vivo by B-mode ultrasound measurement and C. pneumoniae-specific IgG and IgA responses were detected. In the pathological study, the absolute wall thickness of the common, internal and external carotid arteries was measured postmortem in specimens obtained at the autopsy of patients who died due to complications of acute stroke. In the atherosclerotic plaques of the autopsy specimens, C. pneumoniae genomic DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction amplification. The Spearman's rho correlation coefficient of IMT with the average wall thickness of the common, internal and external carotid arteries was 0.51 (p = 0.002), 0.34 (p = 0.052) and 0.58 (p < 0.001), respectively. Anti-C. pneumoniae IgG and IgA antibodies were detected in 43 (73%) and 29 (49%) patients, but neither antibody marker correlated with IMT (median: 0.91 mm in IgG positives vs. 0.90 mm in IgG negatives, p = 0.86; 0.88 mm in IgA positives vs. 0.90 mm in IgA negatives, p = 0...Continue Reading

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