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.

Created January 2008

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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:   To identify and summarize evidence from randomized controlled trials investigating the effectiveness and safety of prophylactic surgical ligation of the PDA on mortality and morbidities of preterm infants less than 1000 g at birth as compared to no prophylaxis or prophylactic cyclooxygenase inhibitors.
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:   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:   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:   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:   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:   Overall, the use of these drugs markedly reduced the risk of death or myocardial infarction at 30 days and 6 months in patients submitted to percutaneous coronary angioplasty or stent implantation. The results were similar for stable and for unstable pa...
Date:   Dec 2006
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:   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:   A common complication for very preterm (premature) or very small babies is PDA (patent ductus arteriosus). PDA is an open channel between the lungs and heart. It should close after birth, but sometimes remains open because of the baby's premature stage ...
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Anticoagulants for preventing stroke in patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation and a history of stroke or transient ischaemic attack
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation (NRAF) is a heart rhythm disorder commonly found in patients who have had a stroke. Patients with NRAF have an irregular heart beat and this can cause the formation of a blood clot in the left atrium of the heart . This ...
Date:   Jan 2004
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:   Antiplatelet therapy for preventing stroke in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and no previous history of stroke or transient ischemic attacks
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Antiplatelet agents like aspirin are effective for preventing serious vascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation not suitable for oral anticoagulantsAtrial fibrillation is an irregularity of the heartbeat that leads to blood clots forming in t...
Date:   Jul 2005
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
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