Bmc Med Res Methodol
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Bmc Med Res Methodol · Apr 2009
Meta AnalysisQuality of reporting internal and external validity data from randomized controlled trials evaluating stents for percutaneous coronary intervention.
Stents are commonly used to treat patients with coronary artery disease. However, the quality of reporting internal and external validity data in published reports of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of stents has never been assessed.The objective of our study was to evaluate the quality of reporting internal and external validity data in published reports of RCTs assessing the stents for percutaneous coronary interventions. ⋯ The current reporting of results of RCTs testing stents needs to be improved to allow readers to appraise the risk of bias and the applicability of the results.