Abstract Background In Europe cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for 3.9 million
deaths (45% of deaths), being ischaemic heart disease, stroke, hypertension (leading to …

Cardiovascular diseases still account for the majority of deaths worldwide, although
significant improvements in survival, after being affected by cardiovascular disease, have …

Objectives Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of mortality; periodontal disease
(PD) affects up to 50% of the world's population. Observational evidence has demonstrated …

The use of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) techniques has generated a wide variety of
blood microbiome data. Due to the large variation in bacterial DNA profiles between studies …

Clinical periodontitis is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVD
s) through systemic inflammation as the etiopathogenic link. Whether the oral microbiota …

Background and aims Periodontitis, a common polymicrobial inflammatory disease in the
tooth supporting tissues, is a risk factor for coronary artery disease. One of the proposed …

Background: Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial inflammatory disease of the cardiovascular
system. It has been suggested that periodontitis, an infectious disease of oral cavity caused …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to discuss the existing evidence on the link
between atherosclerosis and periodontitis by particularly presenting new findings that link …

Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) has been shown to play a key role in endothelial
function and perhaps pivotal in the correlation between periodontal disease and …

There are an increasing number of data showing a clinically important association between
bacterial infection and peripheral artery disease (PAD). Bacteria suspected of being …