Use of antidepressant serotoninergic medications and cardiac valvulopathy : a nested case-control study in the health improvement network (THIN) database

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AIMS: To quantify the risk of cardiac valvulopathy (CV) associated with the use of antidepressant serotoninergic medications (SMs).

METHODS: We conducted a case-control study nested in a cohort of users of antidepressant SMs selected from The Health Improvement Network database. Patients who experienced a CV event during follow-up were cases. Cases were ascertained in a random sample of them. Up to 10 controls were matched to each case by sex, age, month and year of the study entry. Use of antidepressant SMs during follow-up was defined as current (the last prescription for antidepressant SMs occurred in the 2 months before the CV event), recent (in the 2-12 months before the CV event) and past (>12 months before the CV event). We fitted a conditional regression model to estimate the association between use of antidepressant SMs and the risk of CV by means of odds ratios (ORs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Sensitivity analyses were conducted to test the robustness of our results.

RESULTS: The study cohort included 752,945 subjects aged 18-89 years. Throughout follow-up, 1663 cases (incidence rate: 3.4 per 10,000 person-years) of CV were detected and were matched to 16,566 controls. The adjusted OR (95% CI) for current and recent users compared with past users of antidepressant SMs were 1.16 (0.96-1.40) and 1.06 (0.93-1.22), respectively. Consistent effect estimates were obtained when considering cumulative exposure to antidepressant SMs during follow-up.

CONCLUSIONS: These results would suggest that exposure to antidepressant SMs is not associated with an increased risk of CV.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

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2012

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:74

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British journal of clinical pharmacology - 74(2012), 3 vom: 22. Sept., Seite 536-44

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lapi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Nicotra, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Scotti, Lorenza [VerfasserIn]
Vannacci, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]
Thompson, Mary [VerfasserIn]
Pieri, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Mugelli, Niccolò [VerfasserIn]
Zambon, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Corrao, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Mugelli, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Rubino, Annalisa [VerfasserIn]

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Antidepressive Agents
Journal Article
Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2B

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Date Completed 04.01.2013

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04224.x

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NLM215632745