Acute Myocardial Infarction and Periodontitis: Importance of Awareness and Prevention in Latin America

Abstract

By 2030, non-communicable diseases will have accounted for more than three-quarters of deaths worldwide. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have been the leading cause of death worldwide for several years. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a CVD characterized by necrosis of the heart at the myocardial level due to prolonged ischemia caused by the reduction or sudden absence of coronary blood supply. The prevalence of AMI is higher in men at all ages. The incidence of AMI has decreased in industrialized nations; however, it has been on the rise in Latin America (LATAM) due to lifestyle changes. These changes have caused the combined incidence of CVDs and unresolved health concerns in LATAM, such as infections and malnutrition. It is well known that periodontitis, a highly prevalent chronic infectious inflammatory disease, has been associated with systemic diseases, such as diabetes, kidney diseases, and AMI. This review addresses proposed aspects of the correlation between periodontitis and AMI, explains the importance of preventing periodontitis and CVDs, and analyzes the preventative measures being implemented in LATAM, particularly in Mexico.

Construction of Disease-Symptom Knowledge Graph from Web-Board Documents

“…Moreover, the DSKG results, e.g., in Figure 7, were frequently found to be in alignment with scientific findings and also the objective of this research. For example, following the DSKG in Figure 7, vascular diseases were found to be associated with several diseases including kidney disease and myocardial infarction which are also found in the literature (e.g., [38][39][40]). In the future, the temporal feature and the condition feature should be considered to increase the accuracy of the CErel determination which results in increasing the preciseness of the DSKG for web-application development as in [41].…”