Title: Incidedence and predictors of coronary stent thrombosis: evidence from an international collaborative meta-analysis
Highlights: Clinical studies reporting on the incidence and predictors of coronary stent thrombosis in the drug-eluting stent era will be systematically searched, appraised and pooled with meta-analytic methods
Search strategy: PubMed will be searched for pertinent articles published between January 2002 (when DES were first marketed worldwide) and July 2010 according to the following highly sensitive strategy, in keeping with established methods and incorporating wild cards (identified by *): stent* AND thrombosis AND coronary AND english[lang] AND ("2002"[pdat] : "3000"[pdat]) NOT (review[pt] OR editorial[pt] OR letter[pt]). All corresponding authors of shortlisted studies were directly emailed for further data and suggestions for additional studies
Principal investigator: Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Highlights: Clinical studies reporting on the incidence and predictors of coronary stent thrombosis in the drug-eluting stent era will be systematically searched, appraised and pooled with meta-analytic methods
Search strategy: PubMed will be searched for pertinent articles published between January 2002 (when DES were first marketed worldwide) and July 2010 according to the following highly sensitive strategy, in keeping with established methods and incorporating wild cards (identified by *): stent* AND thrombosis AND coronary AND english[lang] AND ("2002"[pdat] : "3000"[pdat]) NOT (review[pt] OR editorial[pt] OR letter[pt]). All corresponding authors of shortlisted studies were directly emailed for further data and suggestions for additional studies
Principal investigator: Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Title: Right versus left radial artery access for coronary procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials
Search strategy: PubMed will be searched for pertinent articles in keeping with established methods and incorporating wild cards (identified by *): right AND left AND (radial OR ulnar) AND coronary AND (randomized controlled trial[pt] OR controlled clinical trial[pt] OR randomized controlled trials[mh] OR random allocation[mh] OR double-blind method[mh] OR single-blind method[mh] OR clinical trial[pt] OR clinical trials[mh] OR (clinical trial[tw] OR ((singl*[tw] OR doubl*[tw] OR trebl*[tw] OR tripl*[tw]) AND (mask*[tw] OR blind[tw])) OR (latin square[tw]) OR placebos[mh] OR placebo*[tw] OR random*[tw] OR research design[mh:noexp] OR follow-up studies[mh] OR prospective studies[mh] OR cross-over studies[mh] OR control*[tw] OR prospectiv*[tw] OR volunteer*[tw]) NOT (animal[mh] NOT human[mh]) NOT (comment[pt] OR editorial[pt] OR meta-analysis[pt] OR practice-guideline[pt] OR review[pt])) stent* AND thrombosis AND coronary AND english[lang] AND ("2002"[pdat] : "3000"[pdat]) NOT (review[pt] OR editorial[pt] OR letter[pt])
Principal investigator: Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Search strategy: PubMed will be searched for pertinent articles in keeping with established methods and incorporating wild cards (identified by *): right AND left AND (radial OR ulnar) AND coronary AND (randomized controlled trial[pt] OR controlled clinical trial[pt] OR randomized controlled trials[mh] OR random allocation[mh] OR double-blind method[mh] OR single-blind method[mh] OR clinical trial[pt] OR clinical trials[mh] OR (clinical trial[tw] OR ((singl*[tw] OR doubl*[tw] OR trebl*[tw] OR tripl*[tw]) AND (mask*[tw] OR blind[tw])) OR (latin square[tw]) OR placebos[mh] OR placebo*[tw] OR random*[tw] OR research design[mh:noexp] OR follow-up studies[mh] OR prospective studies[mh] OR cross-over studies[mh] OR control*[tw] OR prospectiv*[tw] OR volunteer*[tw]) NOT (animal[mh] NOT human[mh]) NOT (comment[pt] OR editorial[pt] OR meta-analysis[pt] OR practice-guideline[pt] OR review[pt])) stent* AND thrombosis AND coronary AND english[lang] AND ("2002"[pdat] : "3000"[pdat]) NOT (review[pt] OR editorial[pt] OR letter[pt])
Principal investigator: Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Title: Comparative effectiveness of novel oral anticoagulants for non-valvular atrial fibrillation: evidence from a warfarin-controlled network meta-analysis
Search strategy: PubMed will be searched for pertinent articles in keeping with established methods and incorporating wild cards (identified by *): apixaban OR rivaroxaban OR dabigatran OR (novel AND oral AND anticoagulant*)) AND atrial AND fibrillation AND (randomized controlled trial[pt] OR controlled clinical trial[pt] OR randomized controlled trials[mh] OR random allocation[mh] OR double-blind method[mh] OR single-blind method[mh] OR clinical trial[pt] OR clinical trials[mh] OR (clinical trial[tw] OR ((singl*[tw] OR doubl*[tw] OR trebl*[tw] OR tripl*[tw]) AND (mask*[tw] OR blind[tw])) OR (latin square[tw]) OR placebos[mh] OR placebo*[tw] OR random*[tw] OR research design[mh:noexp] OR follow-up studies[mh] OR prospective studies[mh] OR cross-over studies[mh] OR control*[tw] OR prospectiv*[tw] OR volunteer*[tw]) NOT (animal[mh] NOT human[mh]) NOT (comment[pt] OR editorial[pt] OR meta-analysis[pt] OR practice-guideline[pt] OR review[pt]))
Principal investigator: Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Search strategy: PubMed will be searched for pertinent articles in keeping with established methods and incorporating wild cards (identified by *): apixaban OR rivaroxaban OR dabigatran OR (novel AND oral AND anticoagulant*)) AND atrial AND fibrillation AND (randomized controlled trial[pt] OR controlled clinical trial[pt] OR randomized controlled trials[mh] OR random allocation[mh] OR double-blind method[mh] OR single-blind method[mh] OR clinical trial[pt] OR clinical trials[mh] OR (clinical trial[tw] OR ((singl*[tw] OR doubl*[tw] OR trebl*[tw] OR tripl*[tw]) AND (mask*[tw] OR blind[tw])) OR (latin square[tw]) OR placebos[mh] OR placebo*[tw] OR random*[tw] OR research design[mh:noexp] OR follow-up studies[mh] OR prospective studies[mh] OR cross-over studies[mh] OR control*[tw] OR prospectiv*[tw] OR volunteer*[tw]) NOT (animal[mh] NOT human[mh]) NOT (comment[pt] OR editorial[pt] OR meta-analysis[pt] OR practice-guideline[pt] OR review[pt]))
Principal investigator: Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
