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SynthesisAnatolian journal of cardiology2021

The efficacy and safety of edoxaban versus warfarin in preventing clinical events in atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Xiangwen Liang, Wenchao Xie, Zhihai Lin, Ming Liu

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Synthesis in Anatolian journal of cardiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Effectiveness and safety of edoxabanFrontiers in pharmacology · 2023
    Pooled it
  3. Review
  4. Unsolved issues of The Efficacy and Safety of Edoxaban.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2021
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiangwen LiangDepartment of Cardiology, the First People's Hospital of Yulin, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University; Guangxi-China.
Wenchao XieDepartment of Cardiology, the First People's Hospital of Yulin, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University; Guangxi-China.
Zhihai LinDepartment of Cardiology, the First People's Hospital of Yulin, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University; Guangxi-China.
Ming LiuDepartment of Cardiology, the First People's Hospital of Yulin, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University; Guangxi-China.
Guangxi Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of arrhythmia. Warfarin reduces the incidence and mortality of strokes in patients with AF. Edoxaban reduces the bleeding risk in patients with AF. This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of edoxaban versus warfarin in preventing clinical events in patients with AF through a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). RCTs were retrieved from medical literature databases. Risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to compare the primary and safety endpoints. In total, five articles (10 trial comparisons) containing 24,836 patients were retrieved. Of these patients, 16,268 (65.5%) received edoxaban and 8,568 (34.5%) received warfarin. Compared with warfarin, edoxaban significantly reduced the incidence of cardiovascular death (CVD), major bleeding, and non-major bleeding (RR: 0.86, 95% CI: 0.80-0.93, I2 : 0.0%; RR: 0.65, 95% CI: 0.59-0.71, I2 : 75.6%; and RR: 0.80, 95% CI: 0.77-0.84, I2 : 79.3%, respectively). Edoxaban did not increase the incidence of stroke, systemic embolic events, myocardial infarction, and adverse events compared with warfarin (RR: 1.00, 95% CI: 0.90-1.11, I2 : 42.8%; RR: 1.00, 95% CI: 0.67-1.49, I2 : 0.0%; RR: 1.08, 95% CI: 0.93-1.27, I2 : 0.0%; RR: 1.00, 95% CI: 0.91-1.10, I2: 46.4%, respectively). This meta-analysis indicated that compared with warfarin, edoxaban can significantly reduce the incidence of CVD and major and non-major bleeding. The anticoagulant effect and safety of edoxaban may be better than those of warfarin.

Indexed as

Atrial FibrillationStrokeAnticoagulantsFactor Xa InhibitorsHumansPyridinesThiazolesTreatment OutcomeWarfarinAnticoagulantsedoxabanFactor Xa InhibitorsPyridinesThiazolesWarfarin

Identifiers

PMID33583814
PMCPMC8114645
OpenAlexW3114737487

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