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Calcium antagonists reduce cardiovascular complications after cardiac surgery

A meta-analysis

Duminda N. Wijeysundera, MD^*, W. Scott Beattie, MD, PhD^,*, Vivek Rao, MD, PhD and Jacek Karski, MD

^* Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Department of Anesthesia, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

View larger version (39K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Meta-analysis flow diagram. CCB = calcium channel blocker; RCT = randomized controlled trial.

View larger version (33K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Effects on mortality. CCB = calcium channel blocker; CI = confidence interval; df = degrees of freedom; OR = odds ratio.

View larger version (42K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Effects on myocardial infarction. Abbreviations as in Figure 2.

View larger version (45K): [in a new window]   Figure 4 Effects on ischemia. Abbreviations as in Figure 2.

View larger version (39K): [in a new window]   Figure 5 Effects on supraventricular tachyarrhythmia. Abbreviations as in Figure 2.