Which do you like better...a bowl of cheerios or a big mac? Pros and cons of meta-analyses in endovascular research

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-148

  Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe ^a   Peruzzi, Mariangela ^a   Frati, Giacomo ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVEROLIMUS; PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN;

ANGIOPLASTY; BARE METAL STENT; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVASCULARIZATION; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EQUIPMENT; ISCHEMIA; LEG; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LOWER EXTREMITY; POPLITEAL ARTERY;

EID: 84877736057     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550-20.2.145     Document Type: Note

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