Helicobacter pylori Eradication Therapy Is Not Associated With Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality, Based on a National Cohort Study

• S.C. Shah,
• S. Shah,
• A.E. Halvorson,
• A. Hung,
• R.A. Greevy, Jr.,
• C.L. Roumie

Affiliations

S.C. Shah

Gastroenterology Section, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California; Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California; Correspondence: Address correspondence to: Shailja C. Shah, MD, MPH, VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, 3-South (GI Section), Mail Code 111D, San Diego, California 92161;

S. Shah

Antimicrobial Management Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Pharmacy Services, Yale New Haven Health System, New Haven, Connecticut

A.E. Halvorson

Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

A. Hung

VA Tennessee Valley, Clinical Sciences Research and Development, Nashville, Tennessee; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

R.A. Greevy, Jr.

Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; VA Tennessee Valley, Clinical Sciences Research and Development, Nashville, Tennessee

C.L. Roumie

VA Tennessee Valley, Clinical Sciences Research and Development, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; VA Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Tennessee Valley Health System, Nashville, Tennessee