Prevalence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or other cardiovascular events (CVEs) according to the presence of acute respiratory failure (ARF) and severe sepsis (SS) on hospital admission. ***: p<0.001 across the three groups. Prevalence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or other cardiovascular events (CVEs) according to the presence of acute respiratory failure (ARF) and severe sepsis (SS) on hospital admission. ***: p<0.001 across the three groups. Stefano Aliberti et al. ERJ Open Res 2015;1:00020-2015 ©2015 by European Respiratory Society