Drug-Induced Acute Myocardial Infarction: Identifying 'Prime Suspects' from Electronic Healthcare Records-Based Surveillance System

Background:Drug-related adverse events remain an important cause of morbidity and mortality and impose huge burden on healthcare costs. Routinely collected electronic healthcare data give a good snapshot of how drugs are being used in 'real-world' settings.Objective:To describe a strategy that identifies potentially drug-induced acute myocardial infarction (AMI) from a large international healthcare data network.Methods:Post-marketing safety surveillance was conducted in seven population-based healthcare databases in three countries (Denmark, Italy, and the Netherlands) using anonymised demogr... Mehr ...