Introduction
acute infection, myocardial infarction, pneumonia, stroke, platelet hyperaggregation, infection
ACUTE INFECTION, MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, PNEUMONIA, INFLAMMATION, STROKE, INFECTION, EVENTS, SYSTEMIC INFECTION
Cardiovascular events can be triggered by a variety of common non-cardiovascular clinical conditions, particularly those who are associated with systemic inflammation. Acute systemic infection, like pneumonia, raises short-term risk of myocardial infarction approximately fivefold and risk of stroke up to eightfold [In view of these considerations, the objective of this trial was twofold: 1) to assess whether platelet hyperaggregation and activation occurs in patients hospitalised with an acute infection and 2) to assess aspirin’s efficacy to inhibit this during the course of the infection.