Bias in Observational Studies of Prevalent Users: Lessons for Comparative Effectiveness Research From a Meta-Analysis of Statins

Statins and All-Cause Mortality in High-Risk Primary Prevention

(2010) Kausik K. Ray   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Statins for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Women With Elevated High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein or Dyslipidemia

(2010) Samia Mora et al.   CIRCULATION

Efficacy and safety of more intensive lowering of LDL cholesterol: a meta-analysis of data from 170 000 participants in 26 randomised trials

(2010)   LANCET

Health Care Reform and the Need for Comparative-Effectiveness Research

(2010) Alvin I. Mushlin et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Efficacy and safety of statin treatment for cardiovascular disease: a network meta-analysis of 170 255 patients from 76 randomized trials

(2010) E. J. Mills et al.   QJM-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Fluvastatin in the first-line therapy of acute coronary syndrome: results of the multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (the FACS-trial)

(2010) Petr Ostadal et al.   Trials

Statin Treatment Equalizes Long-Term Survival Between Patients With Single and Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafts

(2009) Michel Carrier et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

The impact of statins on health services utilization and mortality in older adults discharged from hospital with ischemic heart disease: a cohort study

(2009) Charmaine A Cooke et al.   BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

The American Heart Association’s Principles for Comparative Effectiveness Research

(2009) Raymond J. Gibbons et al.   CIRCULATION

Beneficial effects of statins after percutaneous coronary intervention

(2009) Zhi-Jiang Zhang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Statins and total (not LDL) cholesterol concentration and outcome of myocardial infarction: results from a meta-analysis and an observational study

(2009) Xia Sheng et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Institute of Medicine Outlines Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research

(2009) Bridget M. Kuehn   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Does Comparative Effectiveness Have a Comparative Edge?

(2009) G. Caleb Alexander   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Meta-analysis of well-designed nonrandomized comparative studies of surgical procedures is as good as randomized controlled trials

(2009) Ned S. Abraham et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

The decade of NICE

(2009) Michael D Rawlins   LANCET

NHS Evidence: better and faster access to information

(2009) Gillian C Leng   LANCET

The Neglected Purpose of Comparative-Effectiveness Research

(2009) Aanand D. Naik et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Debate about Funding Comparative-Effectiveness Research

(2009) Jerry Avorn   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Prioritizing Comparative-Effectiveness Research — IOM Recommendations

(2009) John K. Iglehart   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Usefulness of Hypertensive Blood Pressure Response During a Single-Stage Exercise Test to Predict Long-Term Outcome in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease

(2008) Inge I. de Liefde et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Ten-Year All-Cause Mortality in Presumably Healthy Subjects on Lipid-Lowering Drugs (from the Prospective Epidemiological Study of Myocardial Infarction [PRIME] prospective cohort)

(2008) Virginie Gardette et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Elderly patients undergoing major vascular surgery: Risk factors and medication associated with risk reduction

(2008) Harm H.H. Feringa et al.   ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS

Impact of Statin Use on Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

(2008) Alexander Kulik et al.   CIRCULATION

Better Survival With Statin Administration After Revascularization Therapy in Japanese Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

(2008) Yutaka Furukawa et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Authorsʼ Response, Part I: Observational Studies Analyzed Like Randomized Experiments

(2008) Miguel A. Herná et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

Observational Studies Analyzed Like Randomized Experiments

(2008) Miguel A. Hernán et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

Therapy with statins and aspirin enhances long-term outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention

(2008) Naozumi Kubota et al.   HEART AND VESSELS

Impact of gender in primary prevention of coronary heart disease with statin therapy: A meta-analysis

(2008) Mario Petretta et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Methodological quality and homogeneity influenced agreement between randomized trials and nonrandomized studies of the same intervention for back pain

(2008) Andrea D. Furlan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Mortality and Events With Statin Treatments

(2008) Edward J. Mills et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Statins are independently associated with reduced mortality in patients undergoing infrainguinal bypass graft surgery for critical limb ischemia

(2008) Andres Schanzer et al.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY

Rosuvastatin to Prevent Vascular Events in Men and Women with Elevated C-Reactive Protein

(2008) Paul M Ridker et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Replication of the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study using a primary care medical record database prompted exploration of a new method to address unmeasured confounding

(2008) Mark G. Weiner et al.   PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY

Effect of Early Use of Low-Dose Pravastatin on Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

(2007) Hiroshi Sato et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL