Tag: meta-analysis

Prolonged TV watching may increase risk of venous thromboembolism

A new study reports that watching TV for four hours a day or more is associated with a 35% higher risk of venous thromboembolism...

New meta-analysis finds “no observed difference” in mortality between paclitaxel and...

February 2020 brings another paclitaxel device meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials in chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI) patients. Krystal Dinh (Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia) et...
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Hotly-contested meta-analysis suggests a higher risk of death or amputation at...

A new meta-analysis, just published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR), suggests significantly worse amputation-free survival at one year with the...

Benefit and risk: Meta-analysis draws a heterogeneous picture of drug-coated balloon...

Scientists of Jena University Hospital, Germany, conducted a meta-analysis sought to evaluate benefit and risk of paclitaxel-coated balloon angioplasty compared to plain old balloon...

New meta-analysis supports RenalGuard use in cardiovascular interventional procedures

  The new meta-analysis, presented as a poster by researchers from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, USA, during the 2017 American...