European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 153-158 , February 2008

Periodontitis May Increase the Risk of Peripheral Arterial Disease

  • Y.-W. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Periodontology, Department of Hard Tissue Engineering, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    • Center of Excellence (COE), Program for Frontier Research on Molecular Destruction and Reconstruction of Tooth and Bone, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Y.-W. Chen, Periodontology, Department of Hard Tissue Engineering, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8549, Japan.
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  • M. Umeda

      Affiliations

    • Periodontology, Department of Hard Tissue Engineering, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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  • T. Nagasawa

      Affiliations

    • Periodontology, Department of Hard Tissue Engineering, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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  • Y. Takeuchi

      Affiliations

    • Periodontology, Department of Hard Tissue Engineering, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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  • Y. Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular and Applied Surgery, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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  • Y. Inoue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular and Applied Surgery, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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  • T. Iwai

      Affiliations

    • President, Tsukuba Vascular Center and Buerger Disease Research Institute
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  • Y. Izumi

      Affiliations

    • Periodontology, Department of Hard Tissue Engineering, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    • Center of Excellence (COE), Program for Frontier Research on Molecular Destruction and Reconstruction of Tooth and Bone, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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  • I. Ishikawa

      Affiliations

    • Center of Excellence (COE), Program for Frontier Research on Molecular Destruction and Reconstruction of Tooth and Bone, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    • Emeritus Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Visiting Professor, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

,Accepted 26 August 2007.

  • Image Result

    Serum IgG titers against P. gingivalis, T. denticola, A. actinomycetemcomitans and P. intermedia in PAD patients and control subjects. *P<0.05, **P<0.01.

    Serum IgG titers against P. gingivalis, T. denticola, A. actinomycetemcomitans and P. intermedia in PAD patients and control subjects. *P<0.05, **P<0.01.

PII: S1078-5884(07)00582-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.08.016

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 153-158 , February 2008

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