Olmastroni, Elena Molari, Giulia De Beni, Noemi Colpani, Ornella Galimberti, Federica Gazzotti, Marta Zambon, Alberto Catapano, Alberico L Casula, Manuela
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European journal of preventive cardiology
As the potential impact of statins on cognitive decline and dementia is still debated, we conducted a meta-analysis of observational studies to examine the effect of statin use on the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia. PubMed, Cochrane, and EMBASE were searched since inception to January 2021. Inclusion criteria were: (i) cohort or case...
de Boer, Lotte M Oorthuys, Anna O J Wiegman, Albert Langendam, Miranda W Kroon, Jeffrey Spijker, René Zwinderman, Aeilko H Hutten, Barbara A
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European journal of preventive cardiology
Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a causal and independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). People with elevated Lp(a) are often prescribed statins as they also often show elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. While statins are well-established in lowering LDL-C, their effect on Lp(a) remains unclear. We evaluated the ef...
Anand, Sonia S Hiatt, Will Dyal, Leanne Bauersachs, Rupert Berkowitz, Scott D Branch, Kelley R H Debus, Sebastian Fox, Keith A A Liang, Yan Muehlhofer, Eva
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European journal of preventive cardiology
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients suffer a high risk of major cardiovascular (CV) events, with athero-thrombo-embolism as the underlying pathophysiologic mechanism. Recently, two large randomized clinical trials evaluated the efficacy and safety of low-dose rivaroxaban twice daily plus aspirin in stable PAD outpatients and those immediately ...
Yang, Lingzhi Chen, Huaqiao Shu, Tingting Pan, Mingyong Huang, Wei
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Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
The association between low-to-moderate alcohol consumption and atrial fibrillation (AF) has yet to be fully elucidated. The main purpose of this meta-analysis was to estimate the risk of incident AF related to low-to-moderate alcohol consumption. A meta-analysis was performed on 13 publications discussing the estimated risk for AF with habitual lo...
Hajduczok, Alexander G Muallem, Samer N Nudy, Matthew S DeWaters, Ami L Boehmer, John P
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Heart failure reviews
Our recently published systematic review and meta-analysis of heart failure (HF) remote monitoring using implantable devices (Hajduczok et al. in HF Reviews 1-20, 1) has been updated to reflected new data from the GUIDE-HF trial (Lindenfeld et al. in Lancet 398(10304):991-1001, 2). Data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was assessed to deter...
Ge, Fan Huo, Zhenyu Liu, Yeling Du, Xiaoqin Wang, Rui Lin, Weiyi Wang, Runchen Chen, Jiana Lu, Yi Wen, Yaokai
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Comprehensive psychiatry
Observational studies analyzing the risk of prostate cancer in schizophrenia patients have generated mixed results. We performed a meta-analysis and a Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to evaluate the relationship and causality between schizophrenia and the risk of prostate cancer. A comprehensive and systematic search of cohort studies was con...
Lã, Filipa M B Ardura, Diego
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Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation
Voice complaints associated with menopause have been reported by a substantial number of studies. However, to assess the clinical relevance of menopause to voice is still difficult as the extent to which menopausal symptoms are reflected on voice metrics remains unclear. A comprehensive review and meta-analysis were carried out to identify voice-re...
Xiao, Lifeng Kang, Wenyi Liao, Jiayu Li, Yuru
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European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant tumor endangering human health. Gemcitabine or cisplatin chemotherapy has been regarded as effective treatment for patients with locoregionally advanced NPC. However, the effect of gemcitabine plus cisplatin concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) remained controversial among the studies. Therefore, we cond...
Johanna Josepha Op't Hoog, Sabine Adrian... Eskes, Anne Maria Johanna van Mersbergen-de Bruin, Mariëll... Pelgrim, Thomas van der Hoeven, Hans Vermeulen, Hester Maria Vloet, Lilian Christina
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Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses
The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of intensive care unit (ICU)-initiated transitional care interventions for patients and families on elements of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) and/or PICS-family (PICS--F). This is a systematic review and meta-analysis SOURCES: The authors searched in biomedical bibliographic databases inclu...
George, Andrea Nicola Hsia, Tain-Yen Schievano, Silvia Bozkurt, Selim
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Heart failure reviews
Heart failure is a significant cause of mortality in children with cardiovascular diseases. Treatment of heart failure depends on patients' symptoms, age, and severity of their condition, with heart transplantation required when other treatments are unsuccessful. However, due to lack of fitting donor organs, many patients are left untreated, or the...
