Detection of Helicobacter pylori DNA in aortic and left internal mammary artery biopsies


İRİZ E., Cirak M. Y., Engin E. D., ZOR M. H., ERER D., ÖZDOĞAN M., ...More

TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL, vol.35, no.2, pp.130-135, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Journal Name: TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.130-135
  • Keywords: aorta, arteriosclerosis/etiology, Helicobacter infections/complicatlons, Helicobacter pylon/pathogenicity, polymerase chain reaction, prospective studies, real-time PCR, mammary arteries, muscle, smooth, vascular, SMOOTH-MUSCLE-CELLS, CORONARY-BYPASS, ATHEROSCLEROSIS, INFECTION, EXPRESSION, ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, PATHOGENESIS, ENDOTHELIUM, MACROPHAGES, ACTIVATION
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We investigated the relationship between acute coronary ischemia and the presence of Helicobacter pylori DNA in aortic regions that were absent macroscopic atheromatous plaques.