Vascular complications are associated with poor outcome in community-acquired pneumonia
Open Access
- 7 January 2011
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 104 (6), 489-495
- https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcq247
Abstract
Background: Recognition of cardiovascular risk factors is important for primary and secondary prevention strategies. Recent evidence has linked lower respiratory tract infections with the development of acute myocardial infarction.Keywords
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