The risk of having a heart attack is 17 times higher in the seven days following a respiratory infection according to a recent study. The University of Sydney research is the first to report an association between respiratory infections such as pneumonia influenza and bronchitis and increased risk of heart attack in patients confirmed by coronary angiography (a special X-Ray to detect heart artery blockages). Our findings confirm what has been suggested in prior studies that a respiratory infection can act as a trigger for a heart attack said senior author Geoffrey Tofler. The data showed that the increased risk
