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Detection of <i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i> DNA in Aortic Tissue by PCR
1 Aug 2002
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BACKGROUND: Periodontopathogens may play a role in the etiology of cardiovascular disease. The aim of the present study was to investigate biopsies of aortic tissue for the presence of periodontopathogens. METHODS: Samples taken from the aortas of 26 patients connected to a heart-lung machine during open-heart surgery were analyzed in a gene-diagnostics laboratory by polymerase chain reaction. Immediately after...
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