Editorial Commentary: The role of periodontal microorganisms in the pathogenesis of myocardial infarction. From PCR techniques to microbiome sequencing

Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Jan;31(1):83-84. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2020.02.006. Epub 2020 Feb 29.

Authors

Antonio Magan-Fernandez¹, Giuseppa Castellino², Francesco Cappello³, Francisco Mesa⁴

Affiliations

¹ Periodontology Department, School of Dentistry, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. Electronic address: amaganf@ugr.es.
² Periodontology Department, School of Dentistry, University of Granada, Granada, Spain; Department of Biomedicine and Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology, Palermo, Italy.
³ Department of Biomedicine and Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology, Palermo, Italy.
⁴ Periodontology Department, School of Dentistry, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.

PMID: 32192823
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2020.02.006

No abstract available

Keywords: Atherosclerotic; Cardiovascular diseases; Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria; Periodontal pocket; Plaque.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Disease*
Humans
Microbiota*
Myocardial Infarction* / diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction* / genetics
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
Polymerase Chain Reaction