Systematic Reviews of Drug Treatments for Heart Disease

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of drug treatments for heart disease.
Reviewed February 2009

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Title:   Effect of early treatment with anti-hypertensive drugs on short and long-term mortality in patients with an acute cardiovascular event
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Reducing blood pressure with drugs has been a strategy used in patients suffering from an acute event in the heart or in the brain, such as heart attack or stroke. There is controversy whether these drugs should be used in the immediate period of these ...
Date:   Aug 2009
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:   Feb 2009
Title:   Beta-blockers for congestive heart failure in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The term congestive heart failure describes a disorder in which the heart is unable to sufficiently and efficiently pump blood through the body. Depending on the severity of the condition, this causes breathlessness and fatigue due to insufficient oxyge...
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Digitalis for treatment of congestive heart failure in patients in sinus rhythm
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Digitalis is a drug that is extracted from the leaves of the foxglove plant. It contains substances that stimulate heart muscle. The drug has been used for over two centuries to treat heart failure, a condition caused by inability of injured hearts to p...
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists for the prevention of cardiac complications among patients undergoing surgery
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Heart-related complications can lead to death and long hospital stays after surgery. These complications may occur, in part, because surgery stresses the heart. Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists are medicines that may prevent these complications by protecting...
Date:   Aug 2008
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:   Jun 2008
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:   Surgical versus medical treatment with cyclooxygenase inhibitors for symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The way an infant's blood is circulated changes soon after birth. Initially, premature infants have an opening (a patent ductus arteriosus, PDA) between the large blood vessel to the lungs and the large blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood to the ...
Date:   Oct 2007
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:   Oct 2007
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:   Ibuprofen for the treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm and/or low birth weight infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Ibuprofen is as effective as indomethacin at closing a PDA in a very preterm or very small newborn, and has fewer adverse effects on kidney function. Ibuprofen may be associated with an increased risk of pulmonary complications including chronic lung di...
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockers for percutaneous coronary intervention and the initial treatment of non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   During the last two decades, doctors have been looking for the best treatment to prevent clots in the coronary arteries of patients with heart disease. This review summarises the results of 38 studies which used a potent new class of antiplatelet drugs ...
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Prophylactic surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus for prevention of mortality and morbidity in extremely low birth weight infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is no evidence to support the use of prophylactic surgical ligation of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in the management of the preterm infants. The ductus arteriosus is a blood vessel that is open during fetal life and connects blood flow from...
Title:   Continuous infusion versus intermittent bolus doses of indomethacin for patent ductus arteriosus closure in symptomatic preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) occurs when an artery near the heart and lungs stays open and does not close off after birth. Babies born early (preterm) have an increased risk of complications and death due to PDA. Indomethacin has been used to close th...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Intravenous immunoglobulin for presumed viral myocarditis in children and adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute myocarditis involves inflammatory cell infiltration of the myocardium, and is thought to most commonly begin as a viral infection. The disease affects all ages. Based on multiple case reports and case series, IVIG has become part of routine practi...
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Shengmai (a traditional Chinese herbal medicine) for heart failure
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Shengmai is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine that has long been used for the treatment of heart failure and ischemic heart disease. It is a mixture of three herbal components. Constituent herbs of shengmai include Panax ginseng, Ophiopogon japonicu...
Date:   Jun 2007
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:   Furosemide for prevention of morbidity in indomethacin-treated infants with patent ductus arteriosus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is no strong evidence of benefit from routine use furosemide, a loop diuretic, in preterm babies receiving indomethacin for treatment of patent ductus arteriosus. A blood vessel (ductus arteriosus), which is required for blood circulation for the ...
Date:   Apr 2007
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
Title:   Prolonged versus short course of indomethacin for the treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The ductus arteriosus is a blood vessel that connects the aorta and pulmonary artery. The ductus arteriosus is normally present in the fetus. It allows the majority of the output of the right side of the heart to bypass the lungs and supply the body of ...
Date:   Dec 2006
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