Angiology: Open Access
Open Access

Takehisa Iwai

Biography

Recent studies have suggested that infectious organisms play a role in vascular diseases. In this study, to explore a possible link between oral infection and Buerger disease, we investigated whether oral (periodontal) bacteria were present in occluded arteries removed from patients with characteristic Buerger disease.

Research Interest

Buerger disease, Periodontal bacteria, Platelets aggregation, Bacterial emboli, Phlebitis migrans

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