Pneumococcal vaccination and risk of acute coronary syndromes in patients with pneumonia: Population-based cohort study

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1072-1077

  Eurich, Dean T ^a   Johnstone, Jennie J ^b   Minhas Sandhu, Jasjeet K ^a   Marrie, Thomas J ^c   Majumdar, Sumit R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALBERTA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84862883616     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301743     Document Type: Article

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