Practical and updated guidelines on performing meta-analyses of non-randomized studies in interventional cardiology

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-7

  Navarese, Eliano Pio ^a,b   Koziński, Marek ^a   Pafundi, Teodosio ^b   Andreotti, Felicita ^b   Buffon, Antonino ^b   de Servi, Stefano ^c   Kubica, Jacek ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interventional cardiology; Meta analysis; Non randomized studies

Indexed keywords

BARE METAL STENT; DATA ANALYSIS; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEIN GRAFT DISEASE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIOLOGY; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79951477846     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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