Manifestaciones extraintestinales de la infección por Helicobacter pylori: un enfoque en las patologías cardiovasculares.

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori infects more than 50% of the world population and it has been associated to the development of gastroduodenal pathologies such as: chronic gastritis, duodenal and gastric ulcers, gastric cancer and MALT lymphoma (lymphoid tissue lymphoma associated to mucosa). In the last years, a significant number of publications have appeared which suggest the existence of a relationship between Helicobacter pylori and pathologies that deviate from the digestive system (extraintestinal) such is the case of vascular type pathologies (such as ischemic coronary disease), dermatological pathologies (such as rosacea), endocrine type pathologies and  immunological diseases, among others. This article aims to deal with cardiovascular type pathologies.