Melatonin ameliorates periodontitis-related inflammatory stress at cardiac left ventricular tissues in rats.

Oğuz KöseSevda Kurt BayrakdarKerimali AkyıldızAhmet AltınTaner ArabacıHatice YemenogluMeltem Zihni KorkmazTaha Emre KöseLeyla Türker SenerTolga MercantepeLevent TümkayaAdnan Yılmaz

Published in: Journal of periodontology (2020)

Melatonin might be regarded as an important supportive therapeutic agent to reduce the early degenerative changes and possible hypertrophic remodeling at cardiac left ventricular tissues provoked by periodontitis-related bacteria and/or periodontal inflammation.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
heart failure
oxidative stress
cardiac resynchronization therapy
acute myocardial infarction
mitral valve
left atrial
aortic stenosis
mouse model
coronary artery disease
aortic valve
atrial fibrillation