Table 3.
Search criteria for the systematic review: The Cochrane Library.
| Step | Keywords (including MeSH words) |
| #1 | (auricular fibrillation): ti,ab,kw OR (atrium fibrillation):ti,ab,kw OR (auricular fibrilation): ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched) |
| #2 | atrial fibrillation |
| #3 | #1 or #2 |
| #4 | MeSH descriptor: [Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors] explode all trees |
| #5 | (Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme Inhibitors): ti,ab,kw OR (Kininase II Antagonists): ti,ab,kw OR (Kininase II Inhibitors):ti,ab,kw OR (ACE Inhibitors): ti,ab,kw OR (Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Antagonists): ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched) |
| #6 | #4 or #5 |
| #7 | MeSH descriptor: [Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists] explode all trees |
| #8 | (Angiotensin Receptor Blockers): ti,ab,kw OR (Antagonists, Angiotensin Receptor): ti,ab,kw OR (Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists): ti,ab,kw OR (Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers): ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched) |
| #9 | #7 or #8 |
| #10 | (HMG CoA Reductase Inhibitors): ti,ab,kw OR (Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductase Inhibitors): ti,ab,kw OR (Hydroxymethylglutaryl-Coenzyme A Inhibitors):ti,ab,kw OR (Inhibitors, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA): ti,ab,kw OR (Statins): ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched) |
| #11 | MeSH descriptor: [Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors] explode all trees |
| #12 | #10 or #11 |
| #13 | MeSH descriptor: [Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists] explode all trees |
| #14 | (Aldosterone Antagonists): ti,ab,kw OR (Antagonists, Mineralocorticoid): ti,ab,kw OR (Aldosterone Receptor Antagonists): ti,ab,kw OR (Receptor Antagonists, Mineralocorticoid): ti,ab,kw OR (Mineralocorticoid Antagonists): ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched) |
| #15 | #13 or #14 |
| #16 | #3 AND #6 |
| #17 | #3 AND #9 |
| #18 | #3 AND #12 |
| #19 | #3 AND #15 |
| #20 | #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 |