Grygier 2011.
Methods | Date of publication: 2011 Design: not reported Allocation: randomised Country: Poland | |
Participants | Diagnosis: acute STEMI for PPCI Number: 70 (adenosine 35; control 35) Age, years: adenosine (mean 65.3 ± 11), control (mean 64.5 ± 13) Sex: 63% men Inclusion: referred for PPCI within 6 hours of symptoms; culprit lesion was suitable for PCI and had presented with TIMI flow 0 to 2 Exclusion: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma; those who had received previous thrombolysis; patients presenting with TIMI flow 3 Withdrawals or losses to follow‐up: not reported |
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Interventions | Adenosine
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Outcomes |
Follow‐up: 1 month |
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Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | "the patient was included in the present study and randomized after informed consent had been given"; no further description |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not stated |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | "Angiograms were reanalyzed as a single group by 2 observers, who had not participated in the invasive procedure and were unaware of the treatment received" "MBG was assessed by 2 observers who were unaware of the others' findings and of the clinical data" "physicians in charge of the patients on the coronary care floor were informed of the angiographic results of the primary PCI but were unaware of the study treatment administered during the procedure" "The electrocardiograms were analysed in a blinded fashion by an experienced cardiologist" |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | No incomplete outcome data |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | All outcomes stated in Methods are reported in Results |
Other bias | Low risk | Not obvious |