India, Oct. 8 -- Your possibility of developing cardiovascular disease does not depend just on your heart health. Several other factors in your body contribute to your risk of developing heart-related ailments. In fact, an individual's oral and nasal microbiome is also connected to their cardiovascular health.

Dr Pradip Jamnadas, MD, an interventional cardiologist, highlighted this relation in an Instagram post shared on October 2. In the podcast The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, the cardiologist asserted that poor dental hygiene and harmful bacteria in the mouth, which could lead to bad breath, are linked to serious heart conditions.

According to the cardiologist, bad breath could be a warning sign of heart disease. Dr Pradip ex...