2025
Efficacy of beta-blocker agents on clinical outcomes in patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Tanriverdi L, Barrett A, Kalyanasundaram A, Zafar M, Ziganshin B, Elefteriades J. Efficacy of beta-blocker agents on clinical outcomes in patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Vascular Pharmacology 2025, 159: 107494. PMID: 40204023, DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2025.107494.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic aortic aneurysmRandomized Controlled TrialsPooled risk ratioB-blockersAortic dissectionClinical outcomesAortic aneurysmRisk ratioRisk of aortic dissectionMeta-analysis of randomized controlled trialsControlled TrialsB-blocker treatmentCompared to placeboBeta-blocking agentsCochrane Risk of Bias 2 toolRisk of Bias 2 toolRobust randomized controlled trialsInverse variance-weighted random-effects modelRisk of bias assessmentRandom-effects modelEvidence of benefitSystematic literature searchAortic eventsEvidence-based recommendationsFollow-up
1988
Relation of peak creatine kinase levels during acute myocardial infarction to presence or absence of previous manifestations of myocardial ischemia (angina pectoris or healed myocardial infarction)
Brush J, Brand D, Acampora D, Goldman J, Cabin H. Relation of peak creatine kinase levels during acute myocardial infarction to presence or absence of previous manifestations of myocardial ischemia (angina pectoris or healed myocardial infarction). The American Journal Of Cardiology 1988, 62: 534-537. PMID: 3414544, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(88)90650-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPositive history groupCK-MB levelsPeak CK-MB levelPeak creatine kinase levelPrevious anginaCreatine kinase levelsMyocardial infarctionKinase levelsMean peak creatine kinase levelPrevious coronary artery bypassRecent acute myocardial infarctionCoronary artery bypassBeta-blocking agentsLarge myocardial infarctionHistory groupHigher peak CKArtery bypassHospital complicationsStreptokinase administrationMyocardial ischemiaPeak CKAnginaPrevious historyPatients
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