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.

Use of antidepressant serotoninergic medications and cardiac valvulopathy: a nested case-control study in The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database / Lapi F;Nicotra F;Scotti L;Vannacci A;Thompson M;Pieri F;Mugelli N;Zambon A;Corrao G;Mugelli A;Rubino A. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0306-5251. - ELETTRONICO. - .:(2012), pp. 536-544. [10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04224.x]

Use of antidepressant serotoninergic medications and cardiac valvulopathy: a nested case-control study in The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database.

LAPI, FRANCESCO;VANNACCI, ALFREDO;MUGELLI, NICCOLO';MUGELLI, ALESSANDRO;
2012

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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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