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. 2012 May 16;2012(5):CD008523. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008523.pub2

Mickelsen 2004.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT with crossover design
Participants 11 participants (No info available on how many patients in the treatment and the comparison group), Adults (> 18)
Interventions Intervention: DDDwith anAVinterval at 30 ms (DDD30), and DDD with the AV interval “optimised” using aortic Doppler echocardiography (DDDop)
Control: Placebo (AAI)
Outcomes Exercise time (treadmill)
quality of life (SF‐36)
left ventricle outflow obstruction gradient.
Notes Its data is unusable for this review. Author was contacted and there was no reply.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk randomised single‐blinded crossover trial
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information given
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
Self‐reported outcomes High risk Single blinded
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
Objective outcomes High risk Single blinded
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk No information given the study
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All outcomes were reported
Other bias Low risk No other bias could be found