HCV & Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)

http://heart.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/90/5/565
Heart 2004;90:565-566
BMJ Publishing Group & British Cardiac Society
SCIENTIFIC LETTER
Evidence for association between hepatitis C virus seropositivity and coronary artery disease
C Vassalle, S Masini, F Bianchi and G C Zucchelli
Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Pisa, Italy
Correspondence to:
Dr Cristina Vassalle
Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica-Area di ricerca CNR, Via Moruzzi 1, I-56100, Pisa, Italy; cristina.vassalle@ifc.cnr.it
Keywords: hepatitis C virus; coronary [...]

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Fibrosis &/or Cirrhosis, What are they?

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsLetter/2004/advocate1004.html
What are Fibrosis and Cirrhosis?
Liz Highleyman
Chronic infection with hepatitis C or hepatitis B virus (HCV or HBV) can lead to long-term liver damage including fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer). It is estimated that about 20 percent of people with chronic hepatitis C will develop cirrhosis, a process that usually takes 20-30 years.
The Fibrosis [...]

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Predictors of TX Prescription for HepC

Patients not prescribed treatment also had more alcohol and drug misuse, and medical and psychiatric comorbid conditions. In a multivariate logistic regression model, the team identified several predictive factors of non-treatment for Hepatitis C. Increasing age, Black race, Hispanic race, alcohol abuse and dependence were predictive of non-treatment for Hepatitis C. The team observed that [...]

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