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Dental plaque, platelets, and cardiovascular diseases.
Annals of periodontology - 1 Jul 1998
Herzberg M C, Weyer M W
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Cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerosis and myocardial ischemia, occur as a result of a complex set of genetic and environmental factors. During periodontitis, dental plaque microorganisms may disseminate through the blood to infect the vascular endothelium and contribute to the occurrence of atherosclerosis and risk of myocardial ischemia and infarction. Myocardial ischemia and infarction are often...
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