Periodontitis and Cardiovascular Diseases. Consensus Report
Background: In Europe cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for 3.9 million deaths (45% of deaths), being ischaemic heart disease, stroke, hypertension (leading to heart failure) the major cause of these CVD related deaths. Periodontitis is also a chronic non‐communicable disease (NCD) with a...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Ubiquity Press
2020-02-01
|
Series: | Global Heart |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://globalheartjournal.com/articles/400 |