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Cardiac risk factors and prevention
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Scrub typhus increases the risk of developing acute coronary syndrome: a nationwide cohort study

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  • Wei-Sheng Chung Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, Taiwan Department of Healthcare Administration, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Cheng-Li Lin Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Wu-Huei Hsu Department of Respiratory and Critical Care, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chia-Hung Kao Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Chia-Hung Kao, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, No. 2, Yuh-Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan; d10040{at}mail.cmuh.org.tw
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Chung W, Lin C, Hsu W, et al
Scrub typhus increases the risk of developing acute coronary syndrome: a nationwide cohort study
Heart 2014;100:1844-1850.

Publication history

  • Received May 9, 2014
  • Revised July 3, 2014
  • Accepted July 18, 2014
  • First published August 21, 2014.
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March 10, 2021

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