Open AccessAzithromycin and the Risk of Cardiovascular Death
Author(s) -
Wayne A. Ray,
Katherine T. Murray,
Kathi Hall,
Patrick G. Arbogast,
Christoph Stein
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1003833
Subject(s) - medicine , azithromycin , hazard ratio , relative risk , cohort , confidence interval , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Although several macrolide antibiotics are proarrhythmic and associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death, azithromycin is thought to have minimal cardiotoxicity. However, published reports of arrhythmias suggest that azithromycin may increase the risk of cardiovascular death.
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