Infection as a Cardiovascular Trigger: Associations Between Different Organ System Infections and Cardiovascular Events

Abstract

Background

Infection may be an acute precipitant of cardiovascular events. However, the relationships between different types of infection and cardiovascular events are less known. Our objective was to determine if exposure to infections of different organ systems in different time periods increases risk of myocardial infarction or venous thromboembolism.

Method

We used case-crossover analysis with conditional...