Published: 7 October 2016
Author(s): Lorenzo Loffredo, Roberto Cangemi, Ludovica Perri, Elisa Catasca, Camilla Calvieri, Roberto Carnevale, Cristina Nocella, Francesco Equitani, Domenico Ferro, Francesco Violi, the SIXTUS study group, SIXTUS (thromboSIs-related eXTra-pulmonary oUtcomeS in pneumonia) study group, Simona Battaglia, Giuliano Bertazzoni, Elisa Biliotti, Tommaso Bucci, Cinzia Myriam Calabrese, Marco Casciaro, Andrea Celestini, Maurizio De Angelis, Paolo De Marzio, Rozenn Esvan, Marco Falcone, Lucia Fazi, Lucia Fontanelli Sulekova, Cristiana Franchi, Laura Giordo, Stefania Grieco, Elisa Manzini, Paolo Marinelli, Michela Mordenti, Sergio Morelli, Paolo Palange, Daniele Pastori, Pasquale Pignatelli, Marco Rivano Capparuccia, Giulio Francesco Romiti, Elisabetta Rossi, Eleonora Ruscio, Alessandro Russo, Maria Gabriella Scarpellini, Luisa Solimando, Gloria Taliani, Stefano Trapè, Filippo Toriello
Section: Original Article
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is complicated by cardiovascular events as myocardial infarction and stroke but the underlying mechanism is still unclear. We hypothesized that endothelial dysfunction may be implicated and that endotoxemia may have a role.
