Oral infection-inflammatory pathway, periodontitis, is a risk factor for endothelial dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 604-610

  Higashi, Yukihito ^a   Goto, Chikara ^a   Hidaka, Takayuki ^a   Soga, Junko ^a   Nakamura, Shuji ^a   Fujii, Yuichi ^a   Hata, Takaki ^a   Idei, Naomi ^a   Fujimura, Noritaka ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a   Kihara, Yasuki ^a   Taguchi, Akira ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MATSUMOTO DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Endothelial function; Inflammation; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENTAL CARE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PERIODONTITIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 70349414412     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.03.037     Document Type: Article

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