TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis of systematic reviews of percutaneous device closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) for prevention of recurrent cryptogenic stroke
T2 - Redundant publications and methodological deficiencies
AU - Husaini, Mustafa
AU - Esmaeeli, Amir
AU - Thangam, Manoj
AU - Doering, Michelle
AU - Brown, David L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - Critical assessments of systemic reviews and meta-analyses have found them to often be redundant, lacking in novel perspectives, of poor methodological quality, and written by authors with potential conflicts of interest. We sought to investigate these issues as they relate to systemic reviews and meta-analyses of percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure for the prevention of recurrent cryptogenic stroke.
AB - Critical assessments of systemic reviews and meta-analyses have found them to often be redundant, lacking in novel perspectives, of poor methodological quality, and written by authors with potential conflicts of interest. We sought to investigate these issues as they relate to systemic reviews and meta-analyses of percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure for the prevention of recurrent cryptogenic stroke.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ahj.2020.10.051
DO - 10.1016/j.ahj.2020.10.051
M3 - Letter
C2 - 33098809
AN - SCOPUS:85097395483
SN - 0002-8703
VL - 232
SP - 57
EP - 60
JO - American heart journal
JF - American heart journal
ER -