"Influenza and the Heart: An investigation into the acute and lasting cardiac effects of influenza infection" the investigators aim to assess the mechanisms for cardiovascular disease in patients suffering an acute influenza infection. The project will be carried out by creating a prospective clinical cohort study of consecutive patients hospitalized at Herlev \& Gentofte University Hospital with a laboratory confirmed influenza.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
241
Herlev & Gentofte Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark
Cardiovascular Non-Invasive Imaging Research Laboratory, department of Cardiology, Herlev & Gentofte Hospital
Hellerup, Denmark
Number of patients developing cardiovascular complications
Including new-onset heart failure, worsening of current heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and cardiac arrest
Time frame: 3 years
Number of patients developing in-hospital mortality
Time frame: 3 years
Rate of cardiac dysfunction
Defined by impaired echocardiographic parameters and elevated cardiac biomarkers - NT \- pro \- BNP annd hs \- TNT
Time frame: 3 years
Prevalence of elevated biomarkers of infection/inflammation
Prevalence of elevated biomarkers of infection/inflammation and it association with cardiac dysfunction
Time frame: 3 years
Rate of pulmonary embolisms diagnosed with CT thorax angiography
Time frame: 3 years
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