The association between central and peripheral blood pressure and periodontal disease in patients after previous myocardial infarction.

CONCLUSIONS    Severity of PD was associated with increased central and peripheral BP. The association between BP and PD may partially explain the CVD risk related to chronic PD. Proteolytic activity of P.g. gingipains was not associated with BP. PMID: 26810753 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Pol Arch Med Wewn Source Type: research