Title |
Association between antipsychotics and cardiovascular adverse events: A systematic review
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Published in |
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, March 2017
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DOI | 10.1590/1806-9282.63.03.261 |
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Authors |
Ana Amancio Santos Da Silva, Marina Viegas Moura Rezende Ribeiro, Célio Fernando de Sousa-Rodrigues, Fabiano Timbó Barbosa |
Abstract |
Determine whether there is an association between the risk of cardiovascular adverse events and the use of antipsychotic agents. Analysis of original articles retrieved from the following databases: LILACS, PubMed, Cochrane Controlled Trials Clinical Data Bank (CENTRAL) and PsycINFO, without language restriction, dated until November 2015. After screening of 2,812 studies, three cohort original articles were selected for quality analysis. 403,083 patients with schizophrenia and 119,015 participants in the control group data were analyzed. The occurrence of cardiovascular events observed in the articles was: 63.5% (article 1), 13.1% (article 2) and 24.95% (article 3) in the group of treated schizophrenic patients, and 46.2%, 86.9% and 24.9%, respectively, in the control groups. Clinical heterogeneity among the studies led to a provisional response and made it impossible to perform the meta-analysis, although the articles demonstrate an association between cardiovascular adverse events and the use of antipsychotics. More quality clinical trials are needed to support this evidence. |
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Researcher | 5 | 12% |
Other | 4 | 10% |
Professor | 2 | 5% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 5% |
Other | 5 | 12% |
Unknown | 14 | 34% |
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Neuroscience | 3 | 7% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 5% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 5% |
Other | 4 | 10% |
Unknown | 16 | 39% |