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This editorial refers to ‘NSAIDs are associated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation in patients with prior myocardial infarction – a nationwide study’, by A.-M. S. Olsen et al. , on pages 107–114 Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used drugs, but much attention has been focused on the relationship of these drugs to cardiovascular conditions.1 In this issue of European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy , Olsen et al. 2 reported on an association, which has had perhaps less attention: the higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with prior myocardial infarction (MI) taking NSAIDs. The authors reported a crude event incidence of 2.2 [95% confidence interval (CI) 2.0–2.4] per 100 person-years in post-MI patients prescribed with NSAIDs, compared with patients never prescribed. The adjusted … [↵][1]*Corresponding author. Tel: +44 121 507 5080, Fax: +44 121 554 4083, Email: g.y.h.lip{at}bham.ac.uk [1]: #xref-corresp-1-1
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