Abstract:

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease has become the leading killer of human beings. Excluding the traditional risk factors, such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, age and family hereditary disease history, risk factors associated with atherosclerosis is also the focus of studies. In recent years, numerous studies have shown that Chlamydia pneumoniae has played a key role in the development and progression of atherosclerosis. Many studies about Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and atherosclerosis were reported. Scholars have already confirmed the relevance between Chlamydia pneumoniae and atherosclerosis in the following aspects:clinical test, animal experiments and cells at the molecular level.