Urinary tract infection in patients with acute coronary syndrome: A potential systemic inflammatory connection

American Heart Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1062-1065

  Sims, John B ^a   De Lemos, James A ^a   Maewal, Param ^a   Warner, John J ^a   Peterson, Gail E ^a   McGuire, Darren K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 20544469219     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.08.043     Document Type: Article

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