Table 1. Characteristics of included studies.

NS: Not specified; PH: Pulmonary hypertension; mPAP: Mean pulmonary arterial pressure; sPAP: Systolic pulmonary arterial pressure

Author	Year	Study Design	Region	Criteria to assess PH	Groups	Sample Size	Follow-up	Age	Males	Previous MI	Diabetes	Afib
Ahmad et al [9]	2023	Retrospective	United States	mPAP≥25 mmHg	Normal	150	30 days	NS	87	NS	40	35
					PH	324			165		155	116
Alushi et al [10]	2019	Retrospective	Germany	sPAP≥34 mmHg	Normal	136	365 days	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
					PH	481
Barbash et al [11]	2016	Prospective	United States	sPAP> 50 mmHg	Normal	172	365 days	83	116	48	69	92
					PH	243		84	80	23	55	73
Keymel et al [12]	2020	Retrospective	Germany	mPAP≥25 mmHg	Normal	52	30 days	78	35	10	16	NS
					PH	73		78.9	49	20	28
Kleczynski et al [13]	2017	Prospective	Poland	NS	Normal	83	365 days	82	28	20	23	29
					PH	65		82	28	28	25	23
Lindman et al [14]	2016	Prospective	United States	mPAP≥35 mmHg	Normal	785	365 days	85	409	168	247	NS
					PH	1395		83	741	382	570
Masri et al [15]	2018	Retrospective	United States	mPAP≥25 mmHg	Normal	134	700 days	82.9	66	75	48	43
					PH	102		82.8	50	33	38	64
Mayr et al [16]	2021	Retrospective	Germany	NS	Normal	359	30 days	81	225	NS	NS	NS
					PH	718		81	432
Miyamoto et al [17]	2022	Retrospective	Japan	sPAP>36 mmHg	Normal	1027	700 days	84.5	429	NS	263	229
					PH	845		84.7	141		108	173
Mujeeb et al [18]	2021	Retrospective	United States	NS	Normal	12989	30 days	80.8	6118	NS	4845	7118
					PH	12980		80.9	6243		4893	7126
Naing et al [19]	2022	Prospective	Australia	mPAP>20 mmHg	Normal	320	365 days	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
					PH	179
O Sullivan et al [20]	2015	Prospective	Switzerland	mPAP≥25 mmHg	Normal	108	365 days	81.7	60	17	31	8
					PH	325		82.5	136	48	95	52
Souza et al [21]	2015	Prospective	Brazil	NS	Normal	103	365 days	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
					PH	33
Sultan et al [22]	2020	Retrospective	United States	mPAP>25 mmHg	Normal	201	1,825 days	82.9	97	58	73	53
					PH	360		82.1	189	146	161	146
Testa et al [23]	2016	Retrospective	Italy	sPAP>40 mmHg	Normal	346	365 days	82	152	72	90	69
					PH	644		78.5	300	133	184	163