The tell-tale heart: population-based surveillance reveals an association of rofecoxib and celecoxib with myocardial infarction.
COX-2 selective inhibitors are associated with myocardial infarction (MI). We sought to determine whether population health monitoring would have revealed the effect of COX-2 inhibitors on population-level patterns of MI.We conducted a retrospective study of inpatients at two Boston hospitals, from...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-09-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1950690?pdf=render |