Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality in Randomized Clinical Trials Comparing Percutaneous Interventions With Coronary Bypass Surgery
Gaudino M, Hameed I, Farkouh ME, Rahouma M, Naik A, Robinson NB, Ruan Y, Demetres M, Biondi-Zoccai G, Angiolillo DJ, Bagiella E, Charlson ME, Benedetto U, Ruel M, Taggart DP, Girardi LN, Bhatt DL, Fremes SE. Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality in Randomized Clinical Trials Comparing Percutaneous Interventions With Coronary Bypass Surgery. JAMA Internal Medicine 2020, 180: 1638-1646. PMID: 33044497, PMCID: PMC7551235, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.4748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionRandomized clinical trialsCause-specific mortalityCoronary artery diseaseBare metal stentsNoncardiac mortalityCause mortalityCoronary interventionArtery diseaseClinical trialsTrials of PCIEnd pointLeft main diseaseCoronary artery bypassStudy end pointCoronary bypass surgeryData extractionTreatment of patientsCochrane Library databasesPreferred Reporting ItemsRandom-effects modelArtery bypassCardiac mortalityRevascularization TrialBypass surgerySex‐related differences in outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery—A patient‐level pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials: rationale and study protocol
Gaudino M, Alexander JH, Egorova N, Kurlansky P, Lamy A, Bakaeen F, Hameed I, Di Franco A, Demetres M, Robinson NB, Chikwe J, Lawton JS, Devereaux PJ, Taggart DP, Flather M, Reents W, Boening A, Diegeler A, Girardi LN, Fremes SE, Benedetto U. Sex‐related differences in outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery—A patient‐level pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials: rationale and study protocol. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2020, 35: 2754-2758. PMID: 32720394, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSex-related differencesPooled analysisSystematic reviewPatient-level pooled analysisCoronary artery bypass surgeryMultiple arterial graftsArtery bypass surgeryCoronary artery bypassLong-term followSex-related outcomesTreatment effectsPreferred Reporting ItemsSystematic literature searchPeer-reviewed scientific journalsImpact of sexDifferential treatment effectsCABG studiesArtery bypassCause mortalityPrimary endpointBypass surgeryArterial graftsMyocardial infarctionStudy protocolProspective RegisterAn assessment of the quality of current clinical meta-analyses
Hameed I, Demetres M, Tam DY, Rahouma M, Khan FM, Wright DN, Mages K, DeRosa AP, Baltich Nelson B, Pain K, Delgado D, Girardi LN, Fremes SE, Gaudino M. An assessment of the quality of current clinical meta-analyses. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2020, 20: 105. PMID: 32380945, PMCID: PMC7204021, DOI: 10.1186/s12874-020-00999-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystematic reviewPreferred Reporting ItemsElectronic search strategyOverall median scoreMeta-analysis characteristicsCochrane HandbookMethodological qualityBackgroundThe objectiveReporting ItemsConclusionThis studyMeta-AnalysisMedian scoreClinical journalsEarly involvementStrict adherenceScoresMedical librariansInvolvement of librariansInformation specialistsOverall qualityGuidelinesReviewMultiple regressionPRISMAQuality scores