Does helicobacter pylori accelerate the biliary epithelial cell proliferation activity in hepatolithiasis?
H. pylori is present in the biliary tract of patients with hepatolithiasis, while H. pylori promotes the formation of stones in the biliary tract. The development of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma might therefore be linked to the presence of H. pylori because of the accelerated activity of cell kinetics in the epithelium of the biliary tract.
Patients with STEMI secondary to DES-ST have a poorer in-hospital outcome than do patients in whom STEMI is due to de novo CAD. This difference may be predominantly driven by differences in the baseline characteristics between these cohorts. (J Interven Cardiol 2011;24:320-325).