Is there continued evidence for an association between abacavir usage and myocardial infarction risk in individuals with HIV? A cohort collaboration

the D:A:D Study Group, for; Sabin, Caroline; Reiss, Peter; Ryom, Lene; Phillips, Andrew; Weber, Rainer; Law, Matthew; Fontas, Éric; Mocroft, Amanda; De Wit, Stéphane; Smith, Colette; Dabis, François; d’Arminio Monforte, Antonella; El‐Sadr, Wafaa; Lundgren, Jens

doi:10.1186/s12916-016-0588-4

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Is there continued evidence for an association between abacavir usage and myocardial infarction risk in individuals with HIV? A cohort collaboration

Published in BMC Medicine • Mar 30, 2016

Authors:

for the D:A:D Study Group

Caroline Sabin

Peter Reiss

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In March 2008, the D:A:D study published results demonstrating an increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) for patients on abacavir (ABC). We describe changes to the use of ABC since this date, and investigate changes to the association between ABC and MI with subsequent follow-up. M...

Subject

Medicine

Abacavir

Myocardial infarction

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