Open AccessAssociation of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Patients Having Coronary Artery Disease
Author(s) -
Arun Ranjit,
Chander Mohan Pathak,
Krishan Lal Khanduja,
Helen Ball,
Deepak Kumar Bhasin
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
nepalese heart journal/nepalese heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2382-5464
pISSN - 2091-2978
DOI - 10.3126/njh.v3i3.26054
Subject(s) - helicobacter pylori , medicine , coronary artery disease , disease , urea breath test , helicobacter pylori infection , gastroenterology , rapid urease test , cardiology
Helicobacter pylori usually cause a lifelong infection of gastric mucosa that may lead to gastric ulcer and later on gastric cancer. H, pylori infection and coronary heart disease are common conditions in late middle and old age. Recently, some studies have found casual association between H. Pylori infection and coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease and atherosclerosis. The study was done to detect the presence of H. Pylori in patients of coronary artery disease (CAD) by 14C-urea breath test and to find out any possible association between H. Pylori infection and coronary artery disease,