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SUBMITTER: Sanz M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7218770 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sanz M M Del Castillo A Marco AM Jepsen S S Gonzalez-Juanatey J R JR D'Aiuto F F Bouchard P P Chapple I I Dietrich T T Gotsman I I Graziani F F Herrera D D Loos B B Madianos P P Michel J B JB Perel P P Pieske B B Shapira L L Shechter M M Tonetti M M Vlachopoulos C C Wimmer G G
Global heart 20200203 1
<h4>Background</h4>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 high prevalence, being severe periodontitis, affecting 11.2% of the world's population, the sixth most common human disease.<h4>Material and methods</h4>There is now a significant body of evide ...[more]