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Prior studies of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) and
acute myocardial infarction
(
AMI
) are small, and long-term effects of UGIB on
AMI
have not been delineated. We investigated whether UGIB in patients diagnosed with coronary artery disease (CAD) increased their risk of subsequent
AMI
. This was a population-based, nested case-control study using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. After propensity-score matching for age, gender, comorbidities, CAD date, and follow-up duration, we identified 1,677 new-onset CAD patients with
AMI
(
AMI
[+]) between 2001 and 2006 as the case group and 10,062 new-onset CAD patients without (
AMI
[-]) as the control group. Conditional logistic regression was used to examine the association between UGIB and
AMI
. Compared with UGIB[-] patients, UGIB[+] patients had twice the risk for subsequent
AMI
(adjusted odds ratio [
AOR
] = 2.08; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.72-2.50). In the subgroup analysis for gender and age, UGIB[+] women (
AOR
= 2.70; 95% CI, 2.03-3.57) and patients < 65 years old (
AOR
= 2.23; 95% CI, 1.56-3.18) had higher odds of an
AMI
. UGIB[+]
AMI
[+] patients used nonsignificantly less aspirin than did UGIB[-]
AMI
[+] patients (27.69% vs. 35.61%, respectively). UGIB increased the risk of subsequent
AMI
in CAD patients, especially in women and patients < 65. This suggests that physicians need to use earlier and more aggressive intervention to detect UGIB and prevent
AMI
in CAD patients.
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PMID:Acute Myocardial Infarction Risk in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Doubled after Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding: A Nationwide Nested Case-Control Study. 2652 10