Risk of heart failure after community acquired pneumonia: prospective controlled study with 10 years of follow-up.

ABSTRACT: Objective To determine the attributable risk of community acquired pneumonia on incidence of heart failure throughout the age range of affected patients and severity of the infection.Design Cohort study.Setting Six hospitals and seven emergency departments in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2000-02.Participants 4988 adults with community acquired pneumonia and no history of heart failure were prospectively recruited and matched on age, sex, and setting of treatment (inpatient or outpatient) with up to five adults without pneumonia (controls) or prevalent heart failure (n=23 060).Main outcome measures Risk of hospital admission for incident heart failure or a combined endpoint of heart failure or death up to 2012, evaluated using multivariable Cox proportional

SUBMITTER: Eurich DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5421448 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature