Chronic oral pathology and ischemic heart disease and its complications

Objective: to establish the relationship of chronic generalized periodontitis, multiple cavities and dentofacial anomalies with various forms of coronary heart disease and its complications. Material and methods. The study included 294 patients with coronary heart disease and its complications. The patients were divided into two groups. Group I included 89 patients with acute Q-myocardial infarction, which was placed in the presence of at least 2 of the following criteria identified on the basis of a comprehensive clinical and instrumental examination: clinical, laboratory confirmation (CK-MB), electrocardiographic signs of damage or myocardial necrosis. The following statistical methods were used: multi-variate and univariate analysis of variance, non-parametric tests, crosstabulation, chi-square test, Fisher»s exact test. As a measure of variability of the normal distribution standard deviation was used. Results. It is noted that in patients with myocardial infarction more likely than in patients without coronary heart attack in history severe generalized periodontitis, dentofacial anomalies and multiple dental caries have appeared. In patients with acute myocardial infarction, severe periodontal disease has been associated with increased fibrinogen levels in the blood and an increase in the dispersion of the interval QT, which are known to be indicators of poor prognosis in acute coronary disease.