Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Cardiology Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Saudi Heart Association

Journal

Cardiology

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in Cardiology

Levels Of Evidence Within Cardiovascular Medicine Research In Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review, Sultan Alotaibi, Alexandra M. Schuster, Bernardo Perez-Villa, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort Aug 2021

Levels Of Evidence Within Cardiovascular Medicine Research In Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review, Sultan Alotaibi, Alexandra M. Schuster, Bernardo Perez-Villa, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

International commitments to reduce the prevalence of non-communicable disease have led the Government of Saudi Arabia to invest more in research related to cardiovascular disease. However, the strength of evidence derived from this research activities remains unclear. The aim of our study was to examine the level of evidence within clinical Cardiovascular Medicine research in Saudi Arabia. We conducted a systematic review of published articles that included a population from Saudi Arabia. Electronic databases EMBASE and MEDLINE (Ovid) were searched up to 25th of April 2021, supplemented by a second search in CENTRAL (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) and …