Appendix Table 1.
Exact Search Strings
| #1 | "Atrial Fibrillation"[Mesh] OR "atrial fibrillation"[tiab] OR "Atrial Flutter"[Mesh] OR "atrial flutter"[tiab] |
| #2 | "Cerebrovascular Disorders"[Majr:NoExp] OR "Stroke"[Mesh] OR "Thromboembolism"[Mesh] OR "Hemorrhage"[Mesh:NoExp] OR "Intracranial Hemorrhages"[Mesh] OR "Brain Ischemia"[Mesh] OR "Prothrombin Time"[Mesh] OR stroke[tiab] OR strokes[tiab] OR thromboembolism[tiab] OR thromboembolisms[tiab] OR thromboembolic[tiab] OR thromboses[tiab] OR hemorrhage[tiab] OR hemorrhages[tiab] OR hemorrhaging[tiab] OR hemorrhagic[tiab] OR haemorrhage[tiab] OR haemorrhages[tiab] OR haemorrhaging[tiab] OR haemorrhagic[tiab] OR (("bleeding"[tiab] OR bleed[tiab] OR bleeds[tiab]) AND (major[tiab] OR risk[tiab] OR event[tiab])) OR ((Systemic[tiab] OR paradoxical[tiab] OR crossed[tiab]) AND (embolism[tiab] OR embolisms[tiab])) OR ((brain[tiab] OR cerebral[tiab] OR brainstem[tiab] OR "brain stem"[tiab]) AND (ischemia[tiab] OR ischaemia[tiab] OR ischemias[tiab] OR ischaemias[tiab] OR infarction[tiab] OR infarctions[tiab])) OR (transient[tiab] AND (ischemic[tiab] OR ischaemic[tiab] OR ischaemia[tiab] OR ischemia[tiab]) AND (attack[tiab] OR attacks[tiab])) OR TIA[tiab] OR TIAs[tiab] OR "cerebrovascular accident"[tiab] OR "cerebrovascular accidents"[tiab] OR CVA[tiab] OR CVAs[tiab] OR "brain vascular accident"[tiab] OR "brain vascular accidents"[tiab] |
| #3 | "Risk"[Mesh] OR risk[tiab] OR risks[tiab] OR "Predictive Value of Tests"[Mesh] OR predict[tiab] OR predicts[tiab] OR predicting[tiab] OR predictor[tiab] OR predictors[tiab] OR predictive[tiab] |
| #4 | #1 AND #2 AND #3 |
| #5 | #4 NOT (Editorial[ptyp] OR Letter[ptyp] OR Case Reports[ptyp] OR Comment[ptyp]) |
| #6 | #5 NOT ("Animals"[MeSH Terms] NOT "Humans"[MeSH Terms]) |
| #7 | #6 NOT (("Adolescent"[Mesh] OR "Child"[Mesh] OR "Infant"[Mesh]) NOT "Adult"[Mesh]) |
| #8 | "Randomized Controlled Trial"[Publication Type] OR "Controlled Clinical Trial"[Publication Type] OR randomized[tiab] OR randomised[tiab] OR randomization[tiab] OR randomisation[tiab] OR placebo[tiab] OR randomly[tiab] OR trial[tiab] OR groups[tiab] OR "Clinical Trial"[Publication Type] OR "clinical trial"[tiab] OR "clinical trials"[tiab] OR "Evaluation Studies"[Publication Type] OR "Evaluation Studies as Topic"[MeSH Terms] OR "evaluation study"[tiab] OR "evaluation studies"[tiab] OR "intervention study"[tiab] OR "intervention studies"[tiab] OR "Case-control Studies"[MeSH Terms] OR "case-control"[tiab] OR "Cohort Studies"[Mesh Terms] OR cohort[tiab] OR "Longitudinal Studies"[MeSH Terms] OR longitudinal[tiab] OR longitudinally[tiab] OR "Prospective Studies"[Mesh Terms] OR "prospective"[tiab] OR prospectively[tiab] OR "Retrospective Studies"[MeSH Terms] OR "retrospective"[tiab] OR "Follow-Up Studies"[Mesh Terms] OR "follow up"[tiab] OR "Comparative Study"[Publication Type] OR "comparative study"[tiab] OR systematic[subset] OR "systematic review"[tiab] OR "meta-analysis"[Publication Type] OR "meta-analysis as topic"[MeSH Terms] OR "meta-analysis"[tiab] OR "meta-analyses"[tiab] OR "meta synthesis"[tiab] OR "meta syntheses"[tiab] OR "Multicenter Study"[Publication Type] OR "Multicenter Study"[tiab] OR multicentre[tiab] OR "Registries"[Mesh Terms] OR registry[tiab] OR registries[tiab] OR "Sensitivity and Specificity"[Mesh] OR Sensitivity[tiab] OR specificity[tiab] OR valid[tiab] OR validity[tiab] OR validation[tiab] OR "validation studies"[publication type] |
| #9 | #7 AND #8 |
| #10 | #9 AND ("2011/08/01"[Date - Publication] : "3000"[Date - Publication]) |