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Cardiovascular Research 2003 60(1):1-4; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00569-8
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Copyright © 2003, European Society of Cardiology

Infection and inflammation in the cardiovascular system

Fiorella Calabresea, Allard C van der Walb,* and Marcel Levic

aDepartment of Pathology, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
bDepartment of Cardiovascular Pathology M2-258, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
cDepartment of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

*Corresponding author. Tel.: +31-20-566-5633; fax: +31-20-691-4738. Email address: a.c.vanderwal@amc.uva.nl

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   1. Infection and inflammation in the cardiovascular system
 

Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world.

Hans Zinsser (1878–1940), Rats, Lice and History

Infection and inflammation of the cardiovascular system are a frequent cause of cardiac and/or vascular disease, which represents an enormous clinical burden in adult medicine. Major advances have now occurred in understanding cellular and molecular bases of a wide variety of inflammatory cardiovascular diseases. Some of these (myocarditis) have been recognized as inflammatory disease for a long time. Of others (atherosclerosis), the inflammatory nature of disease and possible involvement of bacterial antigens therein has emerged only recently. In both cases however, new insights in inflammatory mechanisms will have great impact on clinical thinking and management. Therefore, Cardiovascular Research has decided to devote a spotlight issue to this topic. This issue contains 10 review articles that provide state-of-the-art knowledge and, in addition, 14 original papers with novel data on the intriguing . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   2. Inflammation and infection in the myocardium
 
2.1. In this spotlight issue

   3. Inflammation and infection in the vascular system
 
3.1. In this spotlight issue

   4. Future perspectives
 

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