Spark That Lights the Fire: Infection Triggers Cardiovascular Events

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Editorial

Carlos G Santos-Gallego et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018.

. 2018 Nov 20;7(22):e011175.

doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011175.

¹ 1 Atherothrombosis Research Unit Mount Sinai Heart Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York NY.

Abstract

See Article by Cowan et al.

Keywords: Editorials; infarction; infection; inflammation.

Inpatient and Outpatient Infection as a Trigger of Cardiovascular Disease: The ARIC Study.
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