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Pneumococcal pneumonia and the risk of acute coronary syndrome: a population-based cohort study

Chun-Cheng Wang1, Chiao-Ling Peng, Guei-Jane Wang

  • 1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Tzuchi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzuchi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.

International Journal of Cardiology
|July 23, 2013
PubMed
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Keywords:
Acute myocardial infarctionCoronary artery diseasePneumonia

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