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Association between periodontal disease and vulnerable plaque morphology in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy

BACKGROUND: Periodontal disease (PD) is a chronic inflammatory oral condition with potentially important systemic sequelae. We sought to determine whether the presence of PD in patients with severe carotid disease was associated with morphological features consistent with carotid plaque instability....

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Autores principales: Bobetsis, Yiorgos A., Kotsikoris, Ioannis, Liapis, Christos D., Liasis, Nikolaos, Kakisis, John, Kourlaba, Georgia, Lazari, Paraskevi, Antonopoulos, Constantine N., Deliargyris, Efthymios N., Madianos, Phoebus N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7419330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32802936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2020.100601