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Rosiglitazone and cardiotoxicity –weighing the evidence

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Nathan, David M.·2007·New England Journal of Medicine

Abstract

The recently published meta-analysis by Nissen and Wolski,1 which suggested a significant increase in the risk of myocardial infarction associated with treatment with rosiglitazone (Avandia) and an increase of similar magnitude, albeit nonsignificant, in the risk of death from cardiovascular causes, has created a furor in the press and a quandary for physicians and their patients. Given the vagaries of meta-analyses in general and of this meta-analysis in particular — owing to the absence of primary or time-to-event data, as acknowledged both in the article and in the accompanying editorial2 — clinicians have been left uncertain as to whether rosiglitazone . . .

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Authors
Nathan, D. M.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Nathan, David M.
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2007-07-05
Volume
357
Issue
1
Pages
64-66
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W2008001887
Cited by
126
References
10
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Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
Keywords
rosiglitazone, cardiotoxicity, myocardial infarction risk, cardiovascular mortality, meta-analysis critique, time-to-event data, thiazolidinediones, type 2 diabetes
MeSH terms
Rosiglitazone, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Drug Therapy, Combination, Heart Failure, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Metformin, Sulfonylurea Compounds, Thiazolidinediones

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