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SynthesisClinical cardiology2017

Cardiovascular safety of NSAIDs: Additional insights after PRECISION and point of view.

Carl J Pepine, Paul A Gurbel

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Clinical cardiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for acute low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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  6. Celecoxib in oncology: targeting the COX-2/PGEFrontiers in pharmacology · 2025
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  14. Multimodal Analgesia in the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: Concepts and Strategies.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022
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  16. NSAIDs and Cancer Resolution: New Paradigms beyond Cyclooxygenase.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carl J PepineDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6011-681X
Paul A GurbelInova Center for Thrombosis Research and Drug Development, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, Virginia.
Inova Health System · USUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing numbers of patients with arthritis use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), some for long periods. The relative cardiovascular safety of NSAID use is of considerable concern, particularly among patients with or at risk of cardiovascular disease. Until recently, the evidence base was limited to older trials with small sample sizes. The large-scale Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Celecoxib Integrated Safety vs Ibuprofen or Naproxen (PRECISION) trial and a recent Bayesian meta-analysis of individual patient data in nearly a half-million patients were undertaken to address some of the existing gaps in knowledge relative to the cardiovascular safety of NSAID use. We reviewed the results, strengths, and limitations of PRECISION. We believe that the results of the meta-analysis will further assist clinicians in decision-making for management of patients with osteoarthritis. The totality of evidence would support avoidance of NSAID use, if possible, in patients with or at high risk for cardiovascular disease. If used, the shortest-duration and lowest effective NSAID doses should be chosen, given the evidence that risk is duration- and dose-dependent. We also provide a brief discussion of the mechanism of action of NSAIDs, along with discussion of existing guidelines and the recent meta-analysis.

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalCardiovascular DiseasesGlobal HealthHumansIncidenceMusculoskeletal DiseasesAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAdverse EventsCardiovascular DiseaseClinical PharmacologyNonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory DrugsPain ReliefSafety

Identifiers

PMID29247518
PMCPMC6490377
OpenAlexW2773199472

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Registered trials

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