Increased risk of myocardial infarction with PPIs?
Abstract
Reactions 1680, p9 - 2 Dec 2017 Increased risk of myocardial infarction with PPIs? There is no evidence that prescribing proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) increases the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) compared with prescribing histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs), according to study results reported in Gastroenterology, and "physicians and patients should not avoid starting a PPI because of concerns related to MI risk". The observational cohort study used the US Truven Health...