Table 1.

Characteristics of the Included Randomized Trials

Author, y	Institution	Country	Study Period	Number of Patients
Collins, 2008 7	Royal Brompton Hospital	United Kingdom	1998–2000	142
Deb, 2012 8	Multicenter	Canada	1996–2001	510
Deb, 2019 9	Multicenter	Canada	2011–2013	250
Dreifaldt, 2019 10	University Hospital	Sweden	2004–2009	108
Gaudino, 2005 11	Catholic University	Italy	1994–1997	120
Glineur, 2011 12	Cliniques Universitaire St Luc.	Belgium	2003–2006	210
Goldman, 2011 13	Multicenter	United States	2003–2009	757
Buxton, 2020 14	University of Melbourne	Australia	1996–2004	619
Kim, 2018 15	Seoul National University Hospital	Korea	2008–2011	224
Muneretto, 2004 16	University of Brescia Medical School	Italy	2000–2002	160
Pettersen, 2017 17	St. Olavs University Hospital	Norway	2013–2014	100
Samano, 2015 18	Orebro University	Sweden	1993–1997	156
Santos, 2002 19	University of Sã o Paulo	Brazil	1998–1999	60
Song, 2012 20	Yonsei University College of Medicine	Korea	2008–2009	60