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ArticleClinical hypertension2021

Hypertension and coronary artery ectasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis study.

Mostafa Bahremand, Ehsan Zereshki, Behzad Karami Matin, Mansour Rezaei, Hamidreza Omrani

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Article in Clinical hypertension, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mostafa BahremandCardiovascular Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1351-7039
Ehsan ZereshkiResearch Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. ehsan.zereshki@kums.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5653-4883
Behzad Karami MatinResearch Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8432-2079
Mansour RezaeiResearch Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1169-9174
Hamidreza OmraniImam Reza Hospital Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6048-8525
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Deputy for Research and Technology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences 980986
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCoronary artery ectasia (CAE) is characterized by the enlargement of a coronary artery to 1.5 times or more than other non-ectasia parts of the vessel. It is important to investigate the association of different factors and CAE because there are controversial results between available studies. We perform this systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effects of hypertension (HTN) on CAE.

methodsTo find the potentially relevant records, the electronic databases, including Scopus, PubMed, and Science Direct were searched on 25 July 2019 by two of the authors independently. In the present study, the pooled odds ratio (OR) accompanied by 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by a random-effects model. Heterogeneity presented with the I

resultsForty studies with 3,263 cases and 7,784 controls that investigated the association between HTN and CAE were included. The pooled unadjusted OR of CAE in subjects with HTN in comparison by subjects without HTN was estimated 1.44 (95 % CI, 1.24 to 1.68) with moderate heterogeneity (I

conclusionsWe found that when the vessel was in normal condition, HTN was not very effective in increasing the chance of CAE and only increased the CAE chance by 3 %. This is an important issue and a warning to people who have multiple risk factors together. More studies need to be performed to further establish these associations by reported adjusted effects.

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Coronary artery diseaseHypertensionMeta-analysisSystematic review

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