|
Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of drug treatments for heart disease.
Created January 2008
Printer friendly page
| Results 1 to 20 displayed. |
|
1
2
|
| Title: |
Corticosteroids for viral myocarditis
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Viral infection occasionally triggers myocarditis (inflammation and necrosis of the heart muscle) which can result in severe, acute heart failure. The first signs of this condition may be flu-like symptoms which evolve into non-specific chest discomfort...
|
| Date: |
May 2006
|
| Title: |
Antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants for hypertension
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
The antiplatelet drug, aspirin, taken daily by patients treated for elevated blood pressure reduces the incidence of heart attacks to a small degree, but it increases the incidence of major bleeding events to a similar degree. Aspirin is therefore not r...
|
| Date: |
May 2004
|
| Title: |
Antiarrhythmics for maintaining sinus rhythm after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Atrial fibrillation can be reverted, restoring normal heart rhythm, by using drugs or a controlled electrical shock. However, a major problem is that atrial fibrillation recurs frequently. A variety of drugs have been employed to avoid recurrences and k...
|
| Date: |
Jun 2007
|
| Title: |
Continuous infusion versus bolus injection of loop diuretics in congestive heart failure
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is reduced ability of the heart to pump blood around the body. The body tries to compensate by retaining water to increase blood volume, but this further weakens the heart. Diuretic drugs reduce water in the body. Loop diu...
|
| Date: |
May 2005
|
| Title: |
Hawthorn extract for treating chronic heart failure
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Hawthorn extract (made from the dried leaves, flowers and fruits of the hawthorn bush) may be used as an oral treatment option for chronic heart failure. In this review, 14 double-blind, placebo controlled randomised clinical trials (RCTs) were found. T...
|
| Date: |
Sep 2007
|
| Title: |
Diuretics for heart failure
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Chronic heart failure (CHF) (also called congestive heart failure, cardiac failure and heart failure) is a disorder in which the heart loses its ability to pump blood efficiently throughout the body. The oxygen and nutrients in the blood provide the bod...
|
| Date: |
Oct 2005
|
| Title: |
Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Currently doctors prescribe antituberculous drugs and remove the membrane if it is making the patient ill. However, doctors vary in the way they manage this condition in terms of what antituberculous drugs to give and when to operate. We found no clinic...
|
| Date: |
Jun 2002
|
| Title: |
Antibiotics for brain abscesses in people with cyanotic congenital heart disease
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Serious congenital heart disease leads to abnormal blood flow through the heart and lungs. This results in an inability to carry enough oxygen around the body which makes patients blue (cyanotic) and severely limits their physical activity. People with ...
|
| Date: |
May 2007
|
| Title: |
Chinese herbal medicine suxiao jiuxin wan for angina pectoris
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Angina pectoris is pain or discomfort within the chest, typically provoked by exertion or anxiety. Angina is a sign that someone is at increased risk of heart attack, cardiac arrest or sudden cardiac death. The aim of treatment for angina is to control ...
|
| Date: |
Nov 2007
|
| Title: |
Salicylate for the treatment of Kawasaki disease in children
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Kawasaki disease is an inflammation of the blood vessels (vasculitis) which predominantly affects young children, under the age of five years. It was first recognised in children in Japan and is the most common cause of acquired heart disease in childre...
|
| Date: |
Jul 2006
|
| Title: |
Puerarin injection for unstable angina pectoris
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
The authors of this review found 20 trials, which altogether involved 1240 people with unstable angina. However, the authors could not come to a firm conclusion about the effectiveness of puerarin injections because these studies were of poor quality. N...
|
| Date: |
May 2006
|
| Title: |
Ticlopidine versus oral anticoagulation for coronary stenting
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Stents are placed in arteries around the heart (coronary arteries) to keep formerly blocked arteries open. A blood clot (thrombus) may form in the coronary artery after stenting and cause acute myocardial infarction (fatal or non-fatal) or more surgery...
|
| Date: |
Aug 2001
|
| Title: |
Intravenous magnesium for acute myocardial infarction
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
In some countries, intravenous (IV) magnesium is administered to heart attack patients in order to limit damage to the heart muscle, prevent serious arrhythmias and reduce the risk of death. Several small trials appeared to support the practice. But the...
|
| Date: |
Feb 2007
|
| Results 1 to 20 displayed. |
|
1
2
|
|