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. 2025 Aug 23;25:628. doi: 10.1186/s12872-025-04974-4

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of the included studies

Study ID Arms Sample Age, y mean (SD) Gender, Male, n (%) BMI, kg/m2 mean(SD) Comorbidities n(%) Echocardiographic measures
AF DM HTN Stroke Functional MR etiology, n (%) LVEF, % mean(SD) Transmitral mean gradient, mm Hg mean(SD) Pulmonary artery systolic pressure, mm Hg mean(SD)
Benito-González et al. 2018 [28] SAPT, DAPT, VKA, and Dual OAC 80 74.6 (10.1) 52 (65) 26.7 (5.1) 47 (58.8) 23 (28.8) 52 (65) 3 (3.6) 60 (75) N/A N/A 46.9 (16.2)
Hohmann et al. 2022 [27] DAPT 157 74.6 (10.4 103 (65.6) N/A 35 (22.3) 74 (47.1) 134 (85.4) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mono OAC 261 77.8 (7.4) 152 (58.2) N/A 206 (78.9) 117 (44.8) 243 (93.1) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Duo OAC 279 77.0 (8.2) 168 (60.2) N/A 207 (74.2) 128 (45.9) 253 (90.7) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Triple OAC 37 77.9 (6.8) 25 (67.6) N/A 23 (62.2) 16 (43.2) 33 (89.2) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
No APT 282 75.9 (9.7) 179 (63.5) N/A 202 (71.6) 116 (41.1) 256 (90.8) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Körber et al. 2018 [26] VKA, OAC, SAPT, and DAPT 347 76 (13.7) 203 (58.5) 25.3 (4.7) 194 (55.9%) 89 (25.6%) 238 (68.6%) 44 (12.7%) 183 (52.7%) N/A N/A N/A
Meurin et al. 2008 [25] VKA 230 59 (14)

150

(65%)

N/A 53 (23) N/A N/A N/A N/A 56 (11) 2.8 (1.7) N/A
No APT 35 60 (15) 25 (71%) N/A 0 (0) N/A N/A N/A N/A 57 (10) 3.2 (2.1) N/A
Paparella et al. 2016 [33] SAPT 286 56.3 (17.3) 180 (62.9) 25.4 (4.0) N/A 16 (5.6) 145 (50.7) 5 (1.7) N/A N/A N/A N/A
VKA 858 57.7 (12.9) 539 (62.8) 25.0 (4.8) N/A 42 (4.9) 404 (47.1) 11 (1.3) N/A N/A N/A N/A
Seeger et al. 2019 [22] OAC 136 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
SAPT 118 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Suri et al. 2013 [9] VKA 5,963 59.67 (13.35) 3,578 (60.0) N/A N/A 513 (8.6) 3,305 (55.4) N/A N/A 59.33 (8.9) N/A N/A
SAPT 7,119 57.33 (12.6) 4,148 (58.3) N/A N/A 635 (8.9) 3,933 (55.2) N/A N/A 59 (8.16) N/A N/A
Waechter et al. 2022 [19] No APT 11 72.5 (11) 8 (72.7) N/A 9 (81.8) 3 (27.3) 4 (36.4) 0 (0) 11 (100) N/A N/A N/A
OAC 146 78.9 (7.5) 86 (58.9) N/A 135 (92.5) 46 (31.5) 119 (81.5) 14 (9.6) 85 (58.2) N/A N/A N/A
OAC + SAPT 248 78.4 (8) 157 (63.3) N/A 234 (94.4) 78 (31.5) 216 (87.1) 31 (12.5) 144 (58.1) N/A N/A N/A
van der Wall et al. 2018 [31] VKA 325 60 (13) 195 (60) N/A N/A 17 (5.4) 149 (47) 7 (2.2) N/A N/A N/A N/A
SAPT 144 62 (11) 85 (59) N/A N/A 5 (3.5) 74 (51) 8 (5.6) N/A N/A N/A N/A
Noohi et al. 2020 [36] OAC 153 49.9 ± 15 60 (39.5%) N/A 24 (15.7%) 7 (4.9%) 35 (22.9% N/A N/A 44.01 ± 10.4 N/A N/A
VKA 144 51.9 ± 14.3 51 (35.4%) N/A 25 (17.4%) 34 (22.2%) 58 (40.3%) N/A N/A 46.66 ± 9.2 N/A N/A
Valeur et al. 2016 [20] SAPT 1437 Median, 64 960 (67%) N/A 158 (11%) 175 (12%) N/A 73 (5%) N/A N/A N/A N/A
VKA 751 Median, 63 559 (74%) N/A 86 (10%) 59 (8%) N/A 19 (3%) N/A N/A N/A N/A
Watt et al. 2020 [32] VKA 775 57 ± 13 442(57.0%) N/A N/A 74(9.6%) 347(44.8%) N/A N/A 57 ± 12% N/A N/A
SAPT 322 55 ± 15 168(52.2%) N/A N/A 38(11.8%) 153(47.5%) N/A N/A 57 ± 15% N/A N/A
BMI, Body mass index, AF, Atrial Fibrillation, HTN, Hypertension, DM, Diabetes mellitus, MR, mitral regurgitation, LVEF, Left ventricular ejection fraction, DAPT, Dual antiplatelet therapy, SAPT, Single antiplatelet therapy, OAC, oral anticoagulant, VKA, Vitamin K antagonist, APT, antiplatelet therapy