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Observational Study
. 2019 Mar 5;14(3):e0213187.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213187. eCollection 2019.

β-blockers after acute myocardial infarction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A nationwide population-based observational study

Tse-Hsuan Su  1 , Shang-Hung Chang  2 , Chang-Fu Kuo  3 , Pi-Hua Liu  4 , Yi-Ling Chan  1
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Observational Study

β-blockers after acute myocardial infarction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A nationwide population-based observational study

Tse-Hsuan Su et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Background: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) less often receive β-blockers after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This may influence their outcomes after AMI. This study evaluated the efficacy of β-blockers after AMI in patients with COPD, compared with non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers (NDCCBs) and absence of these two kinds of treatment.

Methods and results: We conducted a nationwide population-based cohort study using data retrieved from Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. We collected 28,097 patients with COPD who were hospitalized for AMI between January 2004 and December 2013. After hospital discharge, 24,056 patients returned to outpatient clinics within 14 days (the exposure window). Those who received both β-blockers and NDCCBs (n = 302) were excluded, leaving 23,754 patients for analysis. Patients were classified into the β-blocker group (n = 10,638, 44.8%), the NDCCB group, (n = 1,747, 7.4%) and the control group (n = 11,369, 47.9%) based on their outpatient prescription within the exposure window. The β-blockers group of patients had lower overall mortality risks (adjusted hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]: 0.91 [0.83-0.99] versus the NDCCB group; 0.88 [0.84-0.93] versus the control group), but the risk of major adverse cardiac events within 1 year was not statistically different. β-blockers decreased risks of re-hospitalization for COPD and other respiratory diseases by 12-32%.

Conclusions: The use of β-blockers after AMI was associated with a reduced mortality risk in patients with COPD. β-blockers did not increase the risk of COPD exacerbations.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Patient inclusion and exclusion.
Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; NDCCB, non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers.
Fig 2
Fig 2. Cumulative risk curves of 1-year and overall mortality.
Abbreviations: NDCCB, non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers.
Fig 3
Fig 3. Cumulative risk curves of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in 1 year.
Abbreviations: NDCCB, non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers.
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