infection doubles risk, study finds

Among the notable results: the risk of acute infarction and heart failure is increased by 72%. That of atrial fibrillation, which exposes to the risk of stroke, increases by 71%; the risk of pulmonary embolism, 193% and the risk of stroke 52% (4 more cases). Contacted by “Le Monde”, Xavier Jouven, head of the cardiovascular center of the European Georges-Pompidou hospital (AP-HP, Paris), speaks of a “robust study”, which “is a little cold in the back “.