A common oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis induces myocarditis in rats.

Daniele PeronRenato Araujo PratesEdnei Luiz AntonioIghor Luiz Azevedo TeixeiraHelenita Antonia de OliveiraBarbara Sampaio Dias Martins MansanoAlexandre BergamoDirceu Rodrigues AlmeidaRafael DariolliPaulo José Ferreira TucciAndrey Jorge Serra

Published in: Journal of clinical periodontology (2022)

P. gingivalis bacteraemia is significantly associated with adverse cardiac remodelling and may play a biological role in the genesis of heart failure.

Keyphrases

heart failure
left ventricular
candida albicans
atrial fibrillation
cardiac resynchronization therapy
acute heart failure