Effect of Drug Combinations On Admission For Recurrent Myocardial Infarction

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of the number of different drugs with adherence to medication of at least 70% on recurrent admission for myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with a history of MI. DESIGN: Nested case-control study in a dynamic cohort. SETTING: PHARMO database that contains pharmacy dispensing records and hospital discharge records of 350,000 Dutch citizens. SUBJECTS: All patients admitted to hospital for first MI (ICD-9 410) from 1991 to 2000 with at least a 30-day survival after admission. Cases were admitted for recurrent MI and were matched for age, sex, and year of adm... Mehr ...

Verfasser: van der Elst, Menno E
Bouvy, Marcel L
de Blaey, Cornelis J
de Boer, Anthonius
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Schlagwörter: Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Aged / Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Case-Control Studies / Drug Combinations / Female / Hospitalization / Humans / Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Male / Myocardial Infarction / Netherlands / Odds Ratio / Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Recurrence / Regression Analysis
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/328989