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Primary outcomes \u2013 recurrent ischaemic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke, acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and all-cause mortality \u2013 were assessed over 100\u2009days. Multivariable Cox regression, propensity score matching, inverse probability weighting, Fine-Gray competing risks models,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">E<\/jats:italic>\n                      -value bias quantification and negative control outcome analysis were applied. The East Asian Post-Stroke Antithrombotic Risk (EPSAR) score was developed incorporating age, sex, comorbidities and treatment regimen.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT; aspirin plus clopidogrel) was associated with a 17.2-fold increased acute myocardial infarction risk versus aspirin monotherapy (95% confidence interval (CI) 5.61\u201352.7; number needed to harm 14). This signal was robust across all analytical approaches (propensity-matched hazard ratio (HR) 11.8; inverse probability of treatment weighting HR 13.4; competing-risks subdistribution HR 14.8) and yielded an\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">E<\/jats:italic>\n                      -value of 33.4, substantially exceeding the strength of known clinical confounders. Warfarin-containing regimens conferred markedly elevated haemorrhagic stroke risk (HR 7.11\u20138.77). Aspirin monotherapy demonstrated a 94% all-cause mortality reduction versus no treatment. Negative control outcomes showed no systematic bias (joint test\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.98). The EPSAR model achieved a C-statistic of 0.78 (95%CI 0.72\u20130.84).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>DAPT is associated with unexpected myocardial infarction risk in East Asian stroke patients, consistent with CYP2C19-mediated pharmacogenomic vulnerability. 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