Published October 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Meta-Analysis Design and Results in Real Life: Problem Solvers or Detour to Maze. A Critical Review of Meta-Analysis of DAPT Randomized Controlled Trials

  • 1. Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid (Spain)
  • 2. Medical Department Astrazeneca (Spain)
  • 3. Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid (Spain)
  • 4. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, New York (United States)
  • 5. Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)
  • 6. Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), Madrid (Spain)
  • 7. i + 12 Research Institute and Cardiology Department, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid (Spain)
  • 8. Cardiology Department, Hospital Virgen del Mar, Madrid (Spain)
  • 9. Biostatistics, Leon University, León (Spain)
  • 10. Department of Anesthesiology and Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix (United States)

Description

Therapeutic strategies - such as duration of dual antiplatelet therapy after coronary artery stenting - usually generate a large quantity of meta-analyses. The meta-analyses that include the same randomized clinical trials should produce similar results. Our aim in the study is to analyze the quality and to compare the results of meta-analyses focused on a controversial topic such as dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.carrev.2018.10.021;
PII
S1553838918304615;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine (Print)
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 897-906
ISSN
1553-8389

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
55052351
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CORONARIES; DESIGN; REVIEWS; THERAPY
Descriptors DEC
ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; DOCUMENT TYPES; EVALUATION; MEDICINE; ORGANS; TESTING

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