Acute Coronary Syndrome, Stroke, and Mortality after Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: One-third of adult inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) develop acute coronary syndrome (ACS), stroke, heart failure (HF), arrhythmias, or die. The evidence linking CAP to cardiovascular disease (CVD) events is contradictory. We aimed to systematically review the role of CAP as a CVD risk factor. We registered the protocol (CRD42022352910) and searched for six databases from inception to 31 December 2022. We included 13 observational studies, 276,109 participants, 18,298 first ACS events, 12,421 first stroke events, 119 arrhythmic events, 75 episodes of new onset or worsening HF, 3379 deaths, and 218 incident CVD events. CAP increased the odds of ACS (OR 3.02; 95% CI 1.88-4.86), stroke (OR 2.88; 95% CI 2.09-3.96), mortality (OR 3.22; 95% CI 2.42-4.27), and all CVD events (OR

SUBMITTER: Meregildo-Rodriguez ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10095577 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature