منابع مشابه
Cardiovascular and periodontal diseases
Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the Campinas State University Medical School. E-mail: [email protected] Cardiovascular diseases, especially those associated with atherosclerosis, are still one of the main causes of death worldwide. There are well-established risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, one of them being elevated levels of serum lipids combined with infections such as odonto...
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AIMS In this article, inflammatory mechanisms that link periodontal diseases to cardiovascular diseases are reviewed. METHODS This article is a literature review. RESULTS Studies in the literature implicate a number of possible mechanisms that could be responsible for increased inflammatory responses in atheromatous lesions due to periodontal infections. These include increased systemic lev...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0102-7638
DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20140003