Cardiac complications in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

Cardiac complications in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. CAP can trigger acute cardiac events. We sought to determine the incidence of major cardiac complications in CAP patients to characterize the magnitude of this problem. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Two investigato...

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Main Authors: Vicente F Corrales-Medina, Kathryn N Suh, Gregory Rose, Julio A Chirinos, Steve Doucette, D William Cameron, Dean A Fergusson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3125176?pdf=render

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