Response to “Calcium Supplements Increase Risk of Myocardial Infarction”

Does calcium supplementation increase risk of myocardial infarction?

Effect of calcium supplements on risk of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular events: meta-analysis

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether calcium supplements increase the risk of cardiovascular events. DESIGN Patient level and trial level meta-analyses. DATA SOURCES Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (1966-March 2010), reference lists of meta-analyses of calcium supplements, and two clinical trial registries. Initial searches were carried out in November 2007, ...

Do calcium supplements increase the risk of cardiovascular events?

We searched the medical literature using the terms “calcium supplements” and “cardiovascular events” in PubMed Clinical Queries, Trip database, and Cochrane reviews. Cochrane reviews did not address this question. Trip database identified an abstract in DARE (database of abstracts of systematic reviews that have been quality assessed) on the following review1: Bolland MJ, Avenell A, Baron JA, e...

Calcium supplements can increase risk of heart attack and stroke

“We conclude that the moderate effect of supplemental calcium and vitamin D on the risk of fractures is not large enough to outweigh the potential increased risk of cardiovascular disease, specifically in women who are at a low risk of bone fracture,” said Gunhild Hagen, a PhD candidate at the Department of Public Heath and General Practice who was first author of an article on the study recent...

Angiotensin receptor blockers do not increase risk of myocardial infarction.

The efficacy and safety of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors has been well established; these agents have shown an overwhelming and unequivocal benefit in placebo-controlled trials across a spectrum of patients at risk for cardiovascular events.1–9 What has been less clear, however, is whether inhibition of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system with angiotensin receptor blockers...