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: Corrales-Medina, Vicente F., Suh, Kathryn N., Rose, Gregory, Chirinos, Julio A., Doucette, Steve, Cameron, D. William, Fergusson, Dean A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125176/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21738449
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001048
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