Detection of Helicobacter pylori specific DNA in human atheromatous coronary arteries and its association to prior myocardial infarction and unstable angina

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 398-402

  Kowalski, M ^a   Rees, W ^a   Konturek, P C ^b   Grove, R ^a   Scheffold, T ^c   Meixner, H ^b   Brunec, M ^a   Franz, N ^a   Konturek, J W ^d   Pieniazek, P ^e   Hahn, E G ^b   Konturek, S J ^e   Thale, J ^a   Warnecke, H ^f  

^a Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d Elbe Clinic   (Germany)

^e JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^f Department of Cardiac Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA; Coronary artery disease; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CAGA PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 18444410243     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(02)80036-6     Document Type: Article

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