Reason for withdrawal from publication
The editors of Cochrane Heart consider this title as low priority for the current portfolio of the Heart Group and therefore this title is not open to a new author team.
The editorial group responsible for this previously published document have withdrawn it from publication.
What's new
| Date | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2016 | Amended | The editors of Cochrane Heart consider this title as low priority for the current portfolio of the Heart Group and therefore this title is not open to a new author team. |
History
Protocol first published: Issue 3, 2002 Review first published: Issue 3, 2004
| Date | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2013 | New search has been performed | No new trials were located. |
| 28 August 2013 | New citation required but conclusions have not changed | No new trials were located. |
| 12 February 2013 | New search has been performed | Search has been re‐run to February 2013 for English language databases and no new trials were included. Conclusion unchanged. |
| 15 November 2011 | New citation required but conclusions have not changed | Changes to the author team. |
| 15 November 2011 | New search has been performed | Search has been re‐run to June 2011. A total of 6 new studies have been included. The conclusions remain unchanged. |
| 13 May 2010 | New search has been performed | The inclusion criteria were revised to include only trials that included an adequate description of the generation of allocation sequence. This resulted in 40 trials (of 43 references) that were included in the previous review being excluded in this update. Searches were updated and 14 new trials were identified. The conclusions were not changed. |
| 13 May 2010 | New citation required but conclusions have not changed | Change of authors. |
| 8 September 2008 | Amended | Converted to new review format. |
| 29 March 2004 | New citation required and conclusions have changed | Substantive amendment |
Sources of support
Internal sources
Centre for Evidence‐Based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China.
National Research Centre in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM), Norway.
External sources
Grant number JYBZZ‐JS006 from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China.
The program for Innovative Research Team of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (No. 2011‐CXTD‐09), China.
Grant number 2009DFA31460 from the Internaitonal Cooperation Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, China.
Withdrawn from publication for reasons stated in the review