Antipsychotic drug exposure and risk of myocardial infarction

The risk of myocardial infarction associated with antihypertensive drug therapies.

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between first myocardial infarction and the use of antihypertensive agents. DESIGN AND SETTING We conducted a population-based case-control study among enrollees of the Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound (GHC). PATIENTS AND METHODS Cases were hypertensive patients who sustained a first fatal or nonfatal myocardial infarction from 1986 through 1993 am...

The association between antipsychotic agents and the risk of myocardial infarction: a systematic review

AIM Patient populations that are prescribed antipsychotic agents have higher cardiovascular mortality rates. The risk of myocardial infarction is influenced by various factors that are more prevalent in patients with a mental illness. The aim of this review was to determine whether the use of antipsychotic agents is associated with the incidence of myocardial infarction in adults. METHODS Usi...

Association between antipsychotic use and risk of acute myocardial infarction: a nationwide case-crossover study.

BACKGROUND Antipsychotic medications have been increasingly and more widely prescribed despite continued uncertainty about their association with the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS AND RESULTS We investigated the risk of AMI associated with antipsychotic treatment in 56 910 patients with schizophrenia, mood disorders, or dementia first hospitalized or visiting an emer...

Enzymatic and Immunogenic Changes of Myocardial Infarction

Diagnosis of myocardial infarction is very important in a patient with chest pain. Chest pain is not always present or it may be from other causes rather than myocardial infarction. Q wave is present in 30] of infarction. ST,T wave changes are present in all myocardial infarctions, but these changes also are present in myocardial ischernia.  For these reasons diagnosis of myocardial infarction...

Myocardial infarction after taser exposure.