title: Network meta-analysis: introduction and an example that compares devices for PFO closure.
authors.affiliation: Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Division of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Benkhadra.khalid@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Benkhadra
authors.affiliation: Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Division of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Mohammad Hassan
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Murad
mesh_terms: D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male