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Intermountain Medical Center

Bacterial Pneumonia

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In new study of nearly 5,000 patients, researchers found that patients diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia had a 60 percent greater risk of a heart attack, stroke, or death than patients who had been diagnosed with viral pneumonia.

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Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute

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