Agreement between adjusted indirect comparison and simplified network meta-analyses on prasugrel and ticagrelor (Reply to Passaro et al. - Int J Cardiol 2011)

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-229

  Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe ^a   D'Ascenzo, Fabrizio ^b   Abbate, Antonio ^c   Agostoni, Pierfrancesco ^d   Modena, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Mixed treatment comparison; Network meta analysis; Prasugrel; Systematic review; Ticagrelor

Indexed keywords

PRASUGREL; TICAGRELOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BAYES THEOREM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NETWORK META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STENT THROMBOSIS;

EID: 80052314039     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.06.036     Document Type: Article

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