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Increased Risk for Cardiac Ischemia in Patients With PTSD

Prior studies show that individuals with PTSD are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, most of these studies proposed this relationship on the basis of self-report measures, creating a need for objective studies to establish the validity of this hypothesis.
In this issue of Biological Psychiatry, Jesse Turner and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco have done just that and now report new evidence of elevated rates of myocardial ischemia in patients with PTSD.

Yes, well it has been known since the 1800's that streptococcal infection causes heart problems.  In  1992, Streptoccocus sanguis, a periodontal bacterium, was shown to cause increased levels of myocardial ischemia.