Research Article

Effect of Proprietary Chinese Medicine on Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients with Microvascular Angina: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Search strategy with PubMed as an example.

Search numberQuery

#1“Microvascular angina” [Mesh]
#2(((((((((((Angina, microvascular) OR (X syndrome, angina)) OR (angina X syndrome)) OR (angina X syndromes)) OR (syndrome, angina X)) OR (syndrome X, cardiac)) OR (syndrome X, angina)) OR (angina syndrome X)) OR (angina syndrome Xs)) OR (syndrome Xs, angina)) OR (angina pectoris with normal coronary arteriogram)) OR (cardiac syndrome X)
#3#1 OR #2
#4“Medicine, Chinese traditional” [Mesh]
#5((Zhong Yi Xue) OR (Chung I Hsueh)) OR (traditional Chinese medicine)
#6#4 OR #5
#7#3 AND #6
#8((“Randomized controlled trial” (publication type)) OR (randomized (title/Abstract))) OR (clinical trials (title/Abstract))
#9#7 AND #8