Hepatitis C and Coronary Artery Disease Linked
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HCV Infection May Predict Coronary Artery Disease
By: HEIDI SPLETE, Internal Medicine News Digital Network
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Coronary artery disease was significantly more prevalent in patients with hepatitis C virus infection, compared with control subjects, based on a retrospective review. The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology.
“An association of coronary artery disease [CAD] with hepatitis C has been suggested, but definitive data are still lacking,” said Dr. Sanjaya Satapathy, who conducted the study while at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
To estimate the prevalence of CAD in hepatitis C patients, Dr. Satapathy and his colleagues reviewed data from 934 individuals with hepatitis C infection who were seen at a single center between May 2002 and December 2008. Of these patients, 63 had undergone coronary angiography. The investigators compared their data with data from 63 matched controls without hepatitis C.
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