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ReviewThe Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management2024

A Comprehensive Analysis of Conventional Acupuncture and Pharmacological Approaches for Cardiac Arrhythmias: An Umbrella Review.

Tamam Mohamad, Mahima Khatri, Satesh Kumar, Maneesh Kumar, Aakash Kumar, Giustino Varrassi, Poonam Bai, Arjan Dass, Fnu Sapna, Alina Sami Khan and 3 more

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Review in The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tamam MohamadDepartment of Cardiology, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA.
Mahima KhatriDepartment of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Satesh KumarDepartment of Medicine, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College, Lyari, Karachi, Pakistan.
Maneesh KumarDepartment of Medicine, Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College, Sukkur, Pakistan.
Aakash KumarDepartment of Medicine, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College, Lyari, Karachi, Pakistan.
Giustino VarrassiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Paolo Procacci Foundation, Rome, Italy.
Poonam BaiDepartment of Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.
Arjan DassDepartment of Medicine, Willis-Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA, USA.
Fnu SapnaDepartment of Medicine, Willis-Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA, USA.
Alina Sami KhanDepartment of Medicine, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Abdul Ahad SyedDepartment of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Areeba MaryamDepartment of Medicine, Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Abdul Rehman Shah SyedDepartment of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With a global incidence of approximately 3.4% and an annual mortality rate of 3.7 million, cardiac arrhythmias (CAs) are a pressing global health issue. Their increasing prevalence, especially among older people, is intensifying the challenge for health care systems worldwide. This study aims to compare the safety and effectiveness of acupuncture and pharmacological treatments for CAs, addressing critical gaps in understanding optimal therapeutic approaches. A search of PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane database of systematic reviews was performed to identify data compiled through September 2023 for this umbrella review. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as the foundation for meta-analyses and peer-reviewed systematic reviews were the primary focus of the literature search. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation method was used to assess the overall certainty of the evidence, whereas AMSTAR 2 and the Cochrane Collaboration tool were used to evaluate the quality of the included reviews. Following a comprehensive review, three systematic analyses of 27 RCTs were integrated. Acupuncture led to a slightly greater reduction in the recurrence rate of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) compared to standard pharmaceutical therapy (risk ratio [RR], 1.06; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.88-1.27; I

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Acupunctureanti-arrhythmic drugscardiac arrhythmiascomparative effectivenessprevention

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PMCPMC11129828

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