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. 2023 Jan 17;45:101175. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2023.101175

Table 2.

Distribution of level of evidence in each topic.

Topic LOE A N (%) LOE B N (%) LOE C N (%) Total
Chest pain [5] 0 (0 %) 9 (53 %) 8 (47 %) 17
B-Blockers [8] 28 (43 %) 16 (25 %) 21 (32 %) 65
ACEI [9] 12 (86 %) 1 (7 %) 1 (7 %) 14
Antiplatelets [10] 22 (81 %) 3 (12 %) 2 (7 %) 27
Endomyocardial biopsy [11] 0 (0 %) 3 (21 %) 11 (79 %) 14
Device therapy [12] 2 (25 %) 3 (37.5 %) 3(37.5 %) 8
Aortic disease [13] 4 (3 %) 18 (15 %) 99 (82 %) 121
HCM [14] 0 (0 %) 36 (28 %) 94 (72 %) 130
IE [15] 1 (1 %) 29 (38 %) 46 (61 %) 76
Pericardial disease [16] 6 (5 %) 28 (21 %) 99 (74 %) 133
STEMI [17] 65 (31 %) 74 (35 %) 73 (34 %) 212
DAPT [18] 24 (30 %) 35 (44 %) 21 (26 %) 80
PAD [19] 36 (19 %) 56 (29 %) 98 (52 %) 190
CVD during pregnancy [20] 2 (1.3 %) 11 (7.4 %) 136 (91.3 %) 149
Hypertension [21] 49 (36.3 %) 39 (28.9 %) 47 (34.8 %) 135
Revascularization [22] 60 (25.2 %) 82 (34.5 %) 96 (40.3 %) 238
Syncope [23] 5 (4.4 %) 51 (44.7 %) 58 (50.9 %) 114
SVT [24] 2 (1.6 %) 65 (53.3 %) 55 (45.1 %) 122
Pulmonary Embolism [25] 16 (21 %) 29 (38.2 %) 31 (40.8 %) 76
Chronic Coronary Syndrome [26] 45 (28.5 %) 55 (34.8 %) 58 (36.7 %) 158
Dyslipidemia [27] 19 (27.9 %) 13 (19.1 %) 36 (53 %) 68
Diabetes [28] 59 (43.7 %) 36 (26.7 %) 40 (29.6 %) 135
Atrial Fibrillation [29] 23 (18.4 %) 64 (51.2 %) 38 (30.4 %) 125
Sports [30] 13 (8.1 %) 23 (14.3 %) 125 (77.6 %) 161
NSTEMI [31] 23 (18.3) 68 (54 %) 35 (27.7 %) 126
Adult Congenital heart disease [32] 1 (0.7 %) 3 (2.2 %) 131 (97.1 %) 135
CVD Prevention [33] 65 (36.9 %) 68 (38.6 %) 43 (24.5 %) 176
Cardiac Pacing & CRT [34] 13 (10.8 %) 36 (30 %) 71 (59.2 %) 120
Valvular Heart Disease [35] 4 (3.4 %) 45 (37.8 %) 70 (58.8 %) 119
Heart Failure [36] 25 (20.7 %) 38 (31.4 %) 58 (47.9 %) 121
Cardio-oncology [37] 7 (2.6 %) 56 (20.7 %) 208 (76.7 %) 271
Non-Cardiac Surgery [38] 17 (11.6 %) 52 (35.6 %) 77 (52.8 %) 146
VT & SCD [39] 12 (3.7 %) 96 (29.4 %) 219 (66.9 %) 327
Pulmonary Hypertension [40] 7 (3.9 %) 44 (24.4 %) 129 (71.7 %) 180
Total 667 (15.5 %) 1285 (30 %) 2337 (54.5 %) 4289