Fig. 7

Study selection criteria to determine the population of microbes present in atherosclerotic plaques of CAD patients. Cataloguing procedure used to annotate all known oral microbes that have been identified from atherosclerotic plaque samples of CAD patients. In brief, the records present in PUBMED were studied by using combination of terminologies such as microbes, microorganism, and bacteria along with CAD, cardiovascular disease, atheroma, atherosclerosis, and atherosclerotic plaque. The articles were collated, duplicates removed, and relevant data extracted