Table 1.
Characteristics of the included studies.
| N | |
|---|---|
| STUDY DESIGN | |
| Quantitative | 23 |
| Qualitative | 5 |
| Quantitative and qualitative | 2 |
| Quantitative and visual* | 2 |
| COUNTRY | |
| International (multi-country) | 12 |
| United States | 7 |
| Australia | 2 |
| Finland | 2 |
| Germany | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 1 |
| Estonia | 1 |
| Israel | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| POPULATION | |
| Myocardial infarction/acute coronary syndrome | 19 |
| Coronary heart/artery disease | 7 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 2 |
| Cardiac arrest | 1 |
| Heart failure | 1 |
| Heart transplant | 1 |
| Peripartum cardiomyopathy | 1 |
*
Myocardial perfusion imaging.