The correlation between heart failure and the risk of ischemic colitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ischemic colitis is a relatively common gastrointestinal disease caused by hypoperfusion of the colon. Recently, studies have suggested an association between heart failure (HF) and ischemic colitis, even though the magnitude of the reported association varied considerably across the studies. This systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to comprehensively explore whether patients with HF are at a higher risk of ischemic colitis compared with individuals without HF by combining the results of all available observational studies.

Methods

Systematic literature review was performed using EMBASE, MEDLINE and Google Scholar database up to May 2020. Eligible studies could be any observational ones that evaluated whether patients with HF have a higher risk of i

SUBMITTER: Wongtrakul W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8079878 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature