Severe infections as risk factors for acute myocardial infarction: a nationwide, Danish cohort study from 1987 to 2018
Acute infections are associated with increased relative rates of AMI across different infection sites and age groups with higher relative rates found for pneumonia. This indicates that some infections may act as a trigger for AMI with a site and/or pathogen specific risk.
Authors
- Nicolai Lohse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8403-8759)
- Emilie Marie Juelstorp Pedersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9186-3571)
- Gertrud Baunbæk Egelund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6653-1248)
- Birgitte Lindegaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5236-8427)
- Andreas Vestergaard Jensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8532-4703)
- Christian Tobias Torp-Pedersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2892-6131)
- Harman Yonis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1711-7726)
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Rigshospitalet (DK)
- Zealand University Hospital (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
- Published
- 2024-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae344
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.55