title: Immunohistochemical testing for Helicobacter pylori infection in ascending aortic aneurysms and penetrating aortic ulcers.
abstract: Evidence implicating Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in coronary artery disease and aneurysmal lesions is controversial. No published data have related H. pylori infection to ascending aortic aneurysms and penetrating ulcers, although both of these lesions may have an infectious components in their initiating process. We sought to investigate possible H. pylori infection in 54 human specimens of 42 aortic aneurysms and 12 penetrating ulcers. No evidence of H. pylori was found in these specimens.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: George J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Koullias
authors.forename: Dimitris P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Korkolis
authors.forename: Ioannis S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Hatzaras
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Elefteriades
authors.forename: Dhanpat
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001011:Aorta / Q000382:microbiology*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014456:Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology