Hiraku Kumamaru

Herpes zoster and major vascular events in a general population without prior cardiovascular event from Shizuoka Kokuho database

Herpes zoster (HZ) is associated with a risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but findings may differ according to baseline risk profiles. We evaluated the association between HZ and CVD among adults without prior CVD. We used a municipal-level health insurance database in Japan....