Open AccessThe correlation between heart failure and the risk of ischemic colitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Wasit Wongtrakul,
Nipith Charoenngnam,
Patompong Ungprasert
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.886
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1792-7463
pISSN - 1108-7471
DOI - 10.20524/aog.2021.0596
Subject(s) - medicine , funnel plot , meta analysis , publication bias , ischemic colitis , confidence interval , observational study , odds ratio , colitis , heart failure , systematic review , cardiology , medline , political science , law
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.