Helicobacter pylori infection is related to atheroma in patients undergoing coronary angiography

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 120-124

  Ossei Gerning, N ^a   Moayyedi, P ^a   Smith, S ^a   Braunholtz, D ^b   Wilson, J I ^c   Axon, A T R ^a   Grant, P J ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary atheroma; Helicobacter pylori; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FACTOR VII; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 0030779986     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(97)00090-4     Document Type: Article

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