People with hardened arteries have fewer of certain types of bacteria in their blood than healthy people — and this difference is too big to be just random chance.

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Presence of periodontal pathogenic bacteria in blood of patients with coronary artery disease

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2022 Jan 24

The study found that certain bacteria normally found in the mouth are less common in the blood of people with hardened arteries, which matches the claim that these bacteria are scarcer in people with artery calcification.

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Presence of periodontal pathogenic bacteria in blood of patients with coronary artery disease

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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05337-1

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