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Volume 147, Issue 6 , Pages 1005-1009 , June 2004

Periodontal disease in patients with acute myocardial infarction: prevalence and contribution to elevated C-reactive protein levels

Efthymios N Deliargyris, MD
- Cardiology Section, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece
- Centers for Inflammatory Disorders and Oral and Systemic Diseases, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Reprint requests: Efthymios N. Deliargyris, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Cardiology Section—Athens Medical Center, Distomou 5-7, Marousi-Athens 15125, Greece.
Phoebus N Madianos, DDS, PhD
- Centers for Inflammatory Disorders and Oral and Systemic Diseases, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Deptartment of Periodontology, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Periodontology, University of Athens School of Dentistry, Athens, Greece
Waka Kadoma, DDS
- Deptartment of Periodontology, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Irene Marron, DDS
- Deptartment of Periodontology, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Sidney C Smith Jr, MD
- Center for Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine,Chapel Hill, NC, USA
James D Beck, PhD
- Centers for Inflammatory Disorders and Oral and Systemic Diseases, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Dental Ecology, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Steven Offenbacher, DDS, PhD
- Centers for Inflammatory Disorders and Oral and Systemic Diseases, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Deptartment of Periodontology, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC, USA