Does laboratory-confirmed influenza infection increase the risk of acute myocardial infarction?
Respiratory infections, particularly laboratory-confirmed influenza, are significantly associated with the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction.
We found a significant association between respiratory infections, especially influenza, and acute myocardial infarction. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and others.).
Kwong et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
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