Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Heart Attacks

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Created January 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:   Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (CPAP or bilevel NPPV) for cardiogenic pulmonary edema
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute heart failure is a problem of high incidence in general population and may culminate in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (ACPE). This review aimed to determine the effectiveness and safety of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (continuous...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Active chest compression-decompression for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Active compression-decompression using a hand held device for emergency heart massage has some disadvantages and no advantages over the usual practice of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. During standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (heart massage) for c...
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Danshen (Chinese medicinal herb) preparations for acute myocardial infarction
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Danshen - a Chinese herbal treatment - is widely used in China in addition to usual western forms of therapy in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However there is no strong evidence to support its use, and few rigorous studies have bee...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Heparin versus placebo for acute coronary syndromes
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Blood clots in the arteries leading to the heart can cause acute coronary syndromes: unstable angina (a feeling of tightness in the chest) or a type of heart attack (non-ST segment myocardial infarction - NSTEMI). Drugs that prevent clots from forming (...
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Emergency intubation for acutely ill and injured patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute illness and injury are the most common causes of death and disability worldwide in people aged under 50 years. The highest priority in an emergency is to enable a patient to breathe by securing their airway (passage from the nose and mouth into th...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Stem cell treatment for acute myocardial infarction
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Currently the standard treatment for people suffering a heart attack (due to a blockage in the artery supplying blood to the heart) is to directly open the artery with a tiny balloon in a procedure called primary angioplasty. The use of angioplasty and ...
Date:   Aug 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:   Bed rest for acute uncomplicated myocardial infarction
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Bed rest is an inherent part of treatment for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In clinical practice this intervention is prescribed in different ways and for different lengths of time. Current guidelines recommend at least 12 hours bed rest following ...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Hypothermia for neuroprotection in adults after cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   To date about one tenth to a third of successfully resuscitated patients leave hospital to live an independent life again. Clinical studies have shown that this outcome can be improved by cooling the body to about 33C for several hours after cardiac ar...
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Dipyridamole for preventing stroke and other vascular events in patients with vascular disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients with symptoms of arterial disease have a high risk of getting a (possibly fatal) stroke or heart attack (myocardial infarction). Antiplatelet therapy with drugs like aspirin prevents blood clotting and reduces the risk of strokes, heart attacks...
Date:   Oct 2006
Title:   Hormone replacement therapy for preventing cardiovascular disease in post-menopausal women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The authors analysed the data from the 10 clinical trials - two involved healthy women and eight involved women with heart disease. Altogether the trials included about 24,000 women who had been randomly assigned to take either hormones or placebos (dum...
Date:   Apr 2005
Title:   Oral anticoagulants versus antiplatelet therapy for preventing further vascular events after transient ischaemic attack or minor stroke of presumed arterial origin
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is no evidence that blood thinning treatment (anticoagulation) is better than aspirin for preventing stroke in people with a normal heart rhythm. People who have a stroke due to a blockage of an artery have a higher risk of having another, possibl...
Date:   Feb 2005
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:   Exercise based rehabilitation for heart failure
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with heart failure experience breathlessness and restricted activities of daily living because of their restricted heart capacity. This can reduce their amount of exercise, which can further reduce fitness, making their symptoms worse. The review...
Date:   May 2004
Title:   Smoking cessation for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Smoking is harmful for the heart and circulation. People who have had a heart attack or cardiac surgery are at increased risk of further life-threatening heart problems, including death from heart attack. The review found strong evidence that quitting s...
Date:   Aug 2003
Title:   Low molecular weight heparins versus unfractionated heparin for acute coronary syndromes
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Blood clots in the arteries leading to the heart can cause acute coronary syndrome: unstable angina (a feeling of tightness in the chest) or a type of heart attack. Drugs that dissolve clots (such as aspirin) or thin the blood (such as heparin) can reli...
Date:   Nov 2002
Title:   Exercise-based rehabilitation for coronary heart disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the most common forms of heart disease. It affects the heart by restricting or blocking the flow of blood around it. This can lead to a feeling of tightness in the chest (angina) or a heart attack. Cardiac rehabili...
Date:   Nov 2000
Title:   Thienopyridine derivatives (ticlopidine, clopidogrel) versus aspirin for preventing stroke and other serious vascular events in high vascular risk patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cardiovascular disease leading to stroke and a heart attack (myocardial infarction) is a burden for the patient and their carers. A transient ischaemic attack (TIA), stroke, heart and blood vessel problems because of clogged blood vessels resulting from...
Date:   Jan 2000
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