Absence of Bacteria on Coronary Angioplasty Balloons from Unselected Patients: Results with Use of a High Sensitivity Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay

• Main Authors: Hansen, Gorm Mørk, Nilsson, Martin, Nielsen, Claus Henrik, Holmstrup, Palle, Helqvist, Steffen, Tolker-Nielsen, Tim, Givskov, Michael, Hansen, Peter Riis
• Other Authors: Yilmaz, Özlem
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: coronary artery disease; bacterial DNA
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83788; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39980
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Periodontitis is a chronic, bacterially-induced inflammatory disease of the tooth-supporting tissues, which may result in transient bacteremia and a systemic inflammatory response. Periodontitis is associated with coronary artery disease independently of established cardiovascular risk factors, and...