Acute Pericarditis and Cancer Risk: A Matched Cohort Study Using Linked UK Primary and Secondary Care Data

Acute Pericarditis and Cancer Risk: A Matched Cohort Study Using Linked UK Primary and Secondary Care Data

Background We aimed to examine whether acute pericarditis is an indicator of undetected cancer and identify patient‐level factors associated with high cancer risk among patients presenting with pericarditis. Methods and Results A population‐based matched cohort study was conducted using primary care...

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Main Authors: Kirstine Kobberøe Søgaard, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Liam Smeeth, Krishnan Bhaskaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
alcohol
lifestyle
neoplasia
obesity
smoking
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.009428

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