Table 1.

General characters of studies entered meta-analysis

Authors	Year of Publication	Country	Clinical settings	number		Mean Age		Treatment
				Mg	P	Mg	p
L.F. Smith12	1986	U.K.	Not surgery	92	93	59.7 ± 0.9	58.4 ± 1.1	65 mmol MgSO4 over 24 h
Rasmussen HS13	1987	Denmark	Not surgery	55	75	64.6	67.6	12 mmol MgSO4 over 24 h
Shechter.M14	1990	Israel	Not surgery	50	53	64 ± 10	63 ± 11	22 g MgSO4 over 24 h
M.Thiigersen.A15	1993	Sweden	Not surgery	54	55	67 ± 10	67 ± 11	50 mmol MgSO4 over 20 h
Roffe.C16	1994	U.K.	Not surgery	22	26	65.7 ± 12.7	60.2 ± 9.7	73 mmol MgSO4 over 24 h
Bhargava.B17	1995	India	Not surgery	40	38	58 ± 10	56 ± 8	65 mmol MgSO4 over 24 h
Karmy-Jones.R18	1995	Canada	CABG	46	54	64.5 ± 7.9	60.2 ± 11.9	2.4 g MgSO4 over 24 h
Shakerinia.T19	1996	Iran	CABG	25	25	67.2 ± 8.3	64.9 ± 6.7	15 mmol/L MgSO4 over 24 h
Raghu.C20	1999	India	Not surgery	169	181	52.9 ± 11	53.1 ± 10.8	18 g MgSO4 over 24 h
Parikka.H21	1999	Finland	Not surgery	31	26	60 ± 6	59 ± 6	70 mmol MgSO4 over 24 h
Treggiari-Venzi MM22	2000	Switzerland	CABG	47	51	65	65	4 g MgSO4 over 24 h
M. Santoro.G23	2000	Italy	Angioplasty	75	75	60 ± 11	60 ± 12	7 g MgSO4 over 5 h
Toraman F24	2001	Turkey	CABG	100	100	62 ± 6.7	61.4 ± 8.7	0.8 g MgSO4 over 24 h
Nakashima H25	2004	Japan	Angioplasty	89	91	67 ± 11	69 ± 11	20 g MgSO4 over 24 h
Ebadi.A26	2008	Iran	CABG	81	81	61.6 ± 5.5	61.7 ± 8.5	2 g MgSO4 over 24 h
Tiryakioglu.O27	2009	Turkey	CABG	64	64	58 ± 8	57.6 ± 8.8	3 g MgSO4 over 24 h
Cook RC28	2009	Canada	CABG	462	465	–	–	5 g MgSO4 over 24 h
MoeenVaziri MT29	2009	Iran	CABG	25	26	60.1 ± 8.9	60.8 ± 10.5	30 mg/kg MgSO4 in 5 min
Tabari.M30	2009	Iran	CABG	60	60	61.3 ± 0.6	58.4 ± 10.3	4.5 g MgSO4 over 24 h
Mhaskar DM31	2013	India	Not surgery	50	50	59.1 ± 13.4	59.5 ± 15.03	20 g MgSO4 over 24 h
Abbas SH32	2015	Pakistan	CABG	130	130	51.7 ± 10.2	51.7 ± 10.2	1 g MgSO4 over 24 h
Mohammadzadeh A33	2017	Iran	CABG	125	125	60.8 ± 7.6	61.3 ± 6.6	30 mg/kg MgSO4 in 5 min

Notes: Mg, magnesium; P, placebo; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting