Table 2.
Baseline patients’ characteristics.
| Study | Year | Age | Male sex (%) | Diabetes (%) | Hypertension (%) | 3 vessel disease (%) | DES use (%) | CKD (%) | Femoral access (%) | Radial access (%) | Syntax Score | LVEF (%) | Anterior location/LAD IRA (%) |
| Ochala et al. [20] | 2004 | 65.9 | NR | 34.9 | 49.9 | NR | 0.0 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 45.6 |
| Corpus et al. [19] | 2004 | 61.5 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.0 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Politi et al. [21] | 2010 | 64.3 | 78.5 | 16.2 | 56.9 | 36.9 | 8.5 | 25.6 | NR | NR | NR | 45.6 | 47.7 |
| Maamoun et al. [22] | 2011 | 53.5 | 92.3 | 47.4 | 35.9 | 24.4 | 33.3 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 45.2 | 66.0 |
| Kornowski et al. [23] | 2011 | 62.9 | 80.3 | 16.9 | 56.4 | NR | 76.0 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 37.9 |
| Gershlick et al. [6] | 2015 | 64.9 | 81.0 | 18.6 | NR | 22.7 | 93.3 | NR | 14.5 | 86.5 | NR | NR | 36.0 |
| Taarasov et al. [24] | 2017 | 58.9 | 66.9 | 22.1 | 91.9 | 46.3 | 100.0 | NR | NR | NR | 18.8 | 51.2 | NR |
| Kim et al. [25] | 2020 | 62.1 | 81.5 | 28.2 | 49.1 | 36.7 | 95.4 | NR | 76.7 | 23.3 | NR | 50.4 | 45.2 |
DES, Drug Eluting Stent; CKD, Chronic Kidney Disease; LVEF, Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction; LAD, Left Anterior Descending; IRA, Infarct Related Artery; NR, Not reported.