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Volume 159, Issue 2 , Pages 159-169.e4 , February 2010

Effectiveness and safety of drug-eluting stents in vein grafts: A meta-analysis

Dominique Joyal, MD
- Division of Cardiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Kristian B. Filion, PhD
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Mark J. Eisenberg, MD, MPH
- Division of Cardiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Reprint requests: Mark J. Eisenberg, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, 3755 Cote Ste. Catherine Rd/Suite A-118, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2.

Received 13 July 2009 ,Accepted 12 November 2009.

Flow diagram of literature search.

Flow diagram of literature search.
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Forest plot of observational studies that compared the effect of revascularization of vein grafts with DES with that of BMS on the odds of experiencing a MACE.

Forest plot of observational studies that compared the effect of revascularization of vein grafts with DES with that of BMS on the odds of experiencing a MACE.
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Forest plot of observational studies that compared the effect of revascularization of vein grafts with DES with that of BMS on the odds of mortality.

Forest plot of observational studies that compared the effect of revascularization of vein grafts with DES with that of BMS on the odds of mortality.
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Forest plot of observational studies that compared the effect of revascularization of vein grafts with DES with that of BMS on the odds of TVR.

Forest plot of observational studies that compared the effect of revascularization of vein grafts with DES with that of BMS on the odds of TVR.
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Dr Eisenberg is a Chercheur-National of the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Quebec. Dr Filion received financial support from the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and the Department of Medicine of the McGill University Health Center.

Conflict of interest/disclosure: none.

PII: S0002-8703(09)00901-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.11.021

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