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Periodontal Disease Is an Independent Predictor of Intracardiac Calcification

Background. Periodontitis is the most common chronic inflammatory condition worldwide and is associated with incident coronary disease. Hypothesis. We hypothesized that periodontal disease would also be associated with cardiac calcification, a condition which shares many risk factors with atheroscle...

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Autores principales: Pressman, Gregg S., Qasim, Atif, Verma, Nitin, Miyamae, Masami, Arishiro, Kumiko, Notohara, Yasuhiro, Crudu, Vitalie, Figueredo, Vincent M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3784081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24106721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/854340