Acute myocardial infarction elevates serine protease activity in saliva of patients with periodontitis
Journal of Periodontal Research, 04/26/2012
Mantyla P et al. – Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may be reflected in polymorphonuclear granulocytes (PMN) serine protease elastase activity in saliva, despite its strong association with periodontitis.



