Do Microbes Care About Human Heart?

Heart disease, or cardiovascular disease (CVD) is widely recognized as an inflammatory disease. CVD encompasses a wide range of conditions in humans, including diseases in heart blood vessel such as coronary artery disease (CAD), abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmias) and congenital heart defects (CHD) [1]. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CAD is among the most common type of heart disease to humans, which is highly prevalent in the United States (http://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/).