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Excel macros

Generic inverse variance weighting meta-analysis (15 Kb Xls file, June 2005)

Indirect comparison meta-analysis (30 Kb Xls file, May 2005)

 

 

Full text of selected articles

Agostoni et al. Is bare-metal stenting superior to balloon angioplasty for small vessel coronary artery disease? Eur Heart J 2005 (Pdf file, link)

Biondi-Zoccai et al. A practical algorithm for systematic reviews in cardiovascular medicine. Ital Heart J 2003 (Pdf file, link)

Biondi-Zoccai et al. Compliance with QUOROM and quality of reporting of overlapping meta-analyses. BMJ 2006 (Pdf file, link)

Biondi-Zoccai et al. Critical role of bare-metal stent controls in trials of drug-eluting stents. Eur Heart J 2005 (Pdf file, link)

Biondi-Zoccai et al. Increased mortality in patients treated with clopidogrel without a loading dose. Minerva Cardioangiol 2004 (Pdf file, link)

Biondi-Zoccai et al. Parallel hierarchy of scientific studies in cardiovascular medicine. Ital Heart J 2003 (Pdf file, link)

Biondi-Zoccai et al. Stenting vs surgical bypass grafting for coronary artery disease: systematic overview and meta-analysis. Ital Heart J 2003 (Pdf file, link)

Testa et al. Rate-control vs. rhythm-control in patients with atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis. Eur Heart J 2005 (Pdf file, link)

 

 

Power point presentations

Antiplatelet therapy and PCI in NSTEACS (5.1 Mb Ppt file, November 2006)

Meta-analysis: principles and practice in cardiovascular research (6.5 Mb Ppt file, September 2006)

Nuts and bolts of biostatistics for cardiologists (3.4 Mb Ppt file, March 2005)

PCI in diabetics and diffuse disease: role of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors (8.2 Mb Ppt file, December 2006)

 

 

-Last updated 10 December 2006-