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Antihypertensive pharmacotherapy vs control: Fatal myocardial infarction (
- Population
- patients with hypertension
- Intervention
- Antihypertensive pharmacotherapy
- Comparison
- control
- Outcome
- Fatal myocardial infarction (
Antihypertensive pharmacotherapy probably leads to lower fatal myocardial infarction ( compared with control (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Antihypertensive pharmacotherapy vs control Fatal myocardial infarction ( · people with hypertension (defined as baseline systolic resting blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg and/or resting diastolic… Antihypertensive pharmacotherapy probably leads to lower fatal myocardial infarction ( compared with control (moderate certainty). Antihypertensive pharmacotherapy for prevention of sudden cardiac death in hypertensive individuals (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.75 [0.62, 0.9] | 15 studies · 39908 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antihypertensive pharmacotherapy for prevention of sudden cardiac death in hypertensive individuals 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
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