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SynthesisScientific reports2019

Novel anticoagulants versus vitamin K antagonists for cardioversion of non- valvular atrial fibrillation - a meta-analysis of more than 17000 patients.

Raluca Ileana Mincu, Amir Abbas Mahabadi, Matthias Totzeck, Tienush Rassaf

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Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants therapy for atrial fibrillation patients undergoing electrophysiologic procedures.European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology · 2020
    Article
  2. Cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter revisited: current evidence and practical guidance for a common procedure.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 · 2020
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raluca Ileana MincuWest German Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
Amir Abbas MahabadiWest German Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
Matthias TotzeckWest German Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
Tienush RassafWest German Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany. Tienush.Rassaf@uk-essen.de.
West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) have proven a favorable risk-benefit profile compared to vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) for preventing stroke and systemic embolism in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF), but actual data are not sufficiently powered to extend this profile on patients with AF that undergo cardioversion. We aimed to compare outcomes after cardioversion of AF under NOACs vs. VKAs. We systematically searched Pubmed, Cochrane, SCOPUS, and Web of Science databases for studies published until October 2017. A total of 17506 patients from 11 studies were included. Treatment with NOACs was associated with similar relative risks (RR) of stroke and systemic embolism, hemorrhagic stroke, myocardial infarction, cardiovascular death, and all cause death compared to VKAs treatment. The RR of ischemic stroke was lower in the NOACs group. The risk of major bleeding was similar across treatment groups. Treatment with NOACs in patients with non-valvular AF that undergo cardioversion seems to be as safe and effective as the use of classical VKAs, with a better profile for ischemic stroke. Clinical Trial Registration: PROSPERO Registry, CRD42018086181 https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID = 86181 .

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AnticoagulantsAtrial FibrillationClinical Trials as TopicEmbolismHumansMyocardial InfarctionStrokeVitamin KAnticoagulantsVitamin K

Identifiers

PMID30816247
PMCPMC6395612
OpenAlexW2936919155

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