Atherosclerosis is the root cause of many cardiovascular diseases. Extensive research in
preclinical models and emerging evidence in humans have established the crucial roles of …

Global populations are undergoing a major epidemiological transition in which the burden of
atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases is shifting rapidly from high-income to low-income …

Infections have been linked to the development of cardiovascular disease and
atherosclerosis. Findings from the past decade have identified microbial ecosystems …

Abstract Treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has improved significantly in recent
years, but many patients have adverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling, a maladaptive …

Blood in healthy organisms is seen as a 'sterile'environment: it lacks proliferating microbes.
Dormant or not-immediately-culturable forms are not absent, however, as intracellular …

At least 468 individual genes have been manipulated by molecular methods to study their
effects on the initiation, promotion, and progression of atherosclerosis. Most clinicians and …

Objective The objective of this review was to perform a systematic evaluation of the literature
reporting current scientific evidence for periodontal bacteria as contributors to …

It is currently unclear what causes the chronic inflammation within atherosclerotic plaques.
One emerging paradigm suggests that infection with bacteria and/or viruses can contribute …

Background Studies have suggested that CMV infection may influence cardiovascular
disease (CVD) risk and mortality. However, there have been no large-scale examinations of …

Background Several studies have suggested that cytomegalovirus infection is likely
associated with an increased relative risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, the …