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ArticleMedicine2021

Comparative efficacy and safety of wenxin granule combined with antiarrhythmic drugs for atrial fibrillation: A protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Shuqing Shi, Yuguang Chu, Qiulei Jia, Yuanhui Hu

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Article in Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 53% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shuqing ShiDepartment of Cardiovascular, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
Yuguang ChuDepartment of Cardiovascular, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
Qiulei JiaDepartment of Cardiovascular, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
Yuanhui HuDepartment of Cardiovascular, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences · CNGuang’anmen Hospital · CN

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality 7172188
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe combination of Chinese patent medicine Wenxin Granules (WXG) and antiarrhythmic drugs has been widely used in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), but the results are controversial. This study will conduct a network meta-analysis (NMA) based on data from randomized controlled trials to evaluate the efficacy and safety of WXG combined with ADDs (amiodarone, metoprolol, propafenone, bisoprolol, or other antiarrhythmic drugs) in the treatment of AF, which will perform comparisons or rankings of efficacy among the currently available therapeutic schemes in order to provide evidence to determine the optimal threshold and treatment regimen to AF patients. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A comprehensive systematic literature search will be conducted in Cochrane Library, PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (SinoMed), Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and WanFang database for randomized controlled trials about the WXG with ADDs. The NMA will be conducted following the PRISMA-NMA guidelines. Statistical analyses will be conducted by using Stata software (version 14.0) and RevMan software (version 5.3).

resultsThe results of this NMA will provide a high-quality evidence for the efficacy of WXG combined with ADDs in the treatment of AF, and a ranking of the therapeutic classes will also be presented.

conclusionThe protocol will provide updated evidence for the application of WXG for AF.

Indexed as

Anti-Arrhythmia AgentsAtrial FibrillationDrugs, Chinese HerbalHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicSystematic Reviews as TopicAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsDrugs, Chinese Herbalwenxin keli

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PMID33546090
PMCPMC7837853
OpenAlexW3122086907

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