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European Heart Journal 2003 24(23):2079-2080; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2003.09.011
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Does periodontitis cause heart disease?

Kimmo Mattila*

Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland

* Correspondence to: +358-19-5482267
E-mail address: kimmo.mattila@hus.fi
E-mail address: kimmo.mattila@fimnet.fi

Received 9 September 2003; accepted 11 September 2003

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See doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2003.09.016and doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2003.10.007for the articles to which this editorial refers

Several studies investigating the relation between infections—including dental infections—and various clinical manifestations of atherosclerotic vessel disease have been published during the last decade. The topic has proved difficult to study and this is especially true for dental infections, as they share several common etiologic factors with e.g. coronary heart disease (CHD). These include smoking, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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