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Amiodarone and acupuncture for cardiac arrhythmia: Study protocol for a systematic review.
Article in Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for arrythmias: an overview of systematic reviews and Meta-analyses.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2025Pooled it
- Amiodarone Advances the Apoptosis of Cardiomyocytes by Repressing Sigmar1 Expression and Blocking KCNH2-related Potassium Channels.Current molecular medicine · 2025Article
- Review
- Acupuncture Improves Heart Rate Variability, Oxidative Stress Level, Exercise Tolerance, and Quality of Life in Tracheal Collapse Dogs.Veterinary sciences · 2022Article
- Effect of predictive nursing combined with amiodarone on the treatment of tachyarrhythmia in patients with coronary heart disease.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- A protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis of acupuncture for drug resistant epilepsy.Medicine · 2020Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundAmiodarone and acupuncture (AA) are commonly used to treat cardiac arrhythmia (CA). The objective of this systematic review is to assess the efficacy and safety of AA for patients with CA.
methodsRandomized controlled trials (RCTs) of AA for CC will be searched from 9 databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Scopus, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP Information, and Wanfang Data from inception to February 1, 2019 without any limitations. Two reviewers will independently screen the relevant papers, extract data, and evaluate the risk of bias for each included study. RevMan 5.3 software will be used for meta-analysis. The primary outcome includes arrhythmic episodes (including time and frequency domain parameters). The secondary outcomes consist of health-related quality of life, oxygen saturation, and safety.
resultsThe protocol of this proposed study will provide evidence to judge whether AA is an effective treatment for patients with CA.
conclusionThe findings of this proposed study will summarize the up-to-date evidence of AA for CA. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: PROSPERO CRD42019120962.
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