No Association between Hepatitis C Virus Seropositivity and Acute Myocardial Infarction
Open Access
- 15 September 2006
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 43 (6), e53-e56
- https://doi.org/10.1086/507031
Abstract
Recent studies have linked hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with carotid atherosclerosis. We investigated the association between HCV seropositivity and acute myocardial infarction using a well-established cohort of young men in the US military and found no evidence to support this association.Keywords
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