The Relationship between Helicobacter Pylori infection and Myocardial Infarction

Abstract

Background: - There is a controversial result about the association of H.Pylori infection and ischemic heart disease. The study was design to study the relation in our locality.

Patients & methods: - Fifty patients diagnosed  with myocardial infarction that were admitted to the coronary care unit in Baghdad teaching hospital and Al-Hussein Hospital in Karballa city were tested for anti H.Pylori antibody using ELISA and compared with 51 control persons without coronary heart disease.

Results : - 72 % of the patients 78.4% of the controls were seropositive for H.Pylori without significant difference.

Conclusion: - No significant relation exists between seropositivity against H.Pylori and acute myocardial infarction.