Correction to: BMC Med 19, 24 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-01900-1

The authors of the original article [1] wish to amend the text in the Study design sub-section of the Methods section.

The text in this section should instead state the following:

“A cohort study was conducted using electronic primary healthcare data from the IQVIA Medical Research Data (IMRD) that incorporates data supplied by THIN (The Health Improvement Network), a propriety database of Cegedim SA.”

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   Ma T-T, Wong ICK, Whittlesea C, Man KKC, Lau W, Wang Z, et al. Impact of multiple cardiovascular medications on mortality after an incidence of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. BMC Med. 2021;19:24 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-01900-1.

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1. Research Department of Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University, College London, London, UK

   Tian-Tian Ma, Ian C. K. Wong, Cate Whittlesea, Kenneth K. C. Man, Wallis Lau, Zixuan Wang, Ruth Brauer & Li Wei

2. Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

   Ian C. K. Wong, Kenneth K. C. Man & Wallis Lau

3. Medicines Monitoring Unit (MEMO Research) and Hypertension Research Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK

   Thomas M. MacDonald & Isla S. Mackenzie

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Ma, TT., Wong, I.C.K., Whittlesea, C. et al. Correction to: Impact of multiple cardiovascular medications on mortality after an incidence of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. BMC Med 19, 226 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02113-2

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• Published: 12 September 2021

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02113-2