A systematic review and meta-analysis on herpes zoster and the risk of cardiac and cerebrovascular events.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients who develop herpes zoster or herpes zoster ophthalmicus may be at risk for cerebrovascular and cardiac complications. We systematically reviewed the published literature to determine the association between herpes zoster and its subtypes with the occurrence of cerebrovascular and cardiac events.

Methods/results

Systematic searches of PubMed (MEDLINE), SCOPUS (Embase) and Google Scholar were performed in December 2016. Eligible studies were cohort, case-control, and self-controlled case-series examining the association between herpes zoster or subtypes of herpes zoster with the occurrence of cerebrovascular and cardiac events including stroke, transient ischemic attack, coronary heart disease, and myocardial infarction. Data on the occurrence of the examin

SUBMITTER: Erskine N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5531458 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature