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8 questions · 8 findings · 4 reviews · Heart

No studies found 1 · 12.5%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 25%Low 1 · 12.5%Moderate 3 · 37.5%High 1 · 12.5%

self‐management of oral anticoagulation vs usual care

All‐cause mortality · Patients on long‐term anticoagulant therapy (treatment duration longer than two months) irrespective of the indication for treatment

self‐management of oral anticoagulation probably leads to lower all‐cause mortality compared with standard care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Self‐monitoring of oral anticoagulation vs usual care

All‐cause mortality · Patients on long‐term anticoagulant therapy (treatment duration longer than two months) irrespective of the indication for treatment

Self‐monitoring of oral anticoagulation showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality compared with standard care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Self‐monitoring or self‐management of oral anticoagulation vs usual care

All‐cause mortality · Patients on long‐term anticoagulant therapy (treatment duration longer than two months) irrespective of the indication for treatment

Self‐monitoring or self‐management of oral anticoagulation showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality compared with standard care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Partial oral treatment vs conventional intravenous treatment of endocarditis on the left side of the heart (on native or prosthetic valves) and bacteraemia

All‐cause mortality during hospital stay and all‐cause mortality at 1 year · people with endocarditis on the left side of the heart (on native or prosthetic valves) with bacteraemia for Streptococcus, Enterococcus…

It is very uncertain whether partial oral treatment changes all‐cause mortality during hospital stay and all‐cause mortality at… compared with conventional intravenous treatment of endocarditis on the left side… (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Transradial vs transfemoral approach

Short‐term all‐cause mortality · people with coronary artery disease undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention

Transradial leads to lower short‐term all‐cause mortality compared with transfemoral approach (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review