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Table 1 Description of included studies

From: The diagnostic accuracy of cardiac ultrasound for acute myocardial ischemia in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study ID

Country

Language

Study design

Recruitment Dates

Excluded Heart Disease

Total Patients

Age (years) Mean (SD)

Prevalence Disease

Target Condition

Reference Standard

Ahn [30]

Korea

English

Cohort study

Jan 2011–Dec 2011

No

308

67.7 (19.1)

22.1%

ACS

Final diagnosis

Allen [56]

United States

English

Cohort study

NA

No

178

59 (NA)

3.9%

MI

Not reported

Atar [76]

Israel

English

Cohort study

NA

No

70

50 (12)

14.3%

ACS

Chart Review

Bracey [28]

United States

English

Cohort study

NA

NR

16

61 (15.2)

81.3%

Significant Coronary Stenosis

Coronary Angiography

Castini [27]

Italy

Italian

Cohort study

NA

Yes

22

63 (9)

31.8%

Myocardial Infarction

Combination of Tests

Cevrim [57]

Turkey

English

Cohort study

Jun 2011–Dec 2011

Yes

48

49 (13)

8.3%

ACS

Final diagnosis

Chandra [77]

United States

English

Cohort study

Dec 2014

No

26

NA

15.4%

ACS

Chart Review

Dahlslett [58]

Norway

English

Cohort study

NA

Yes

64

CAD + : 54 (12) CAD-: 56 (12)

45.3%

Significant Coronary Stenosis

Coronary Angiography

DeLoizaga [59]

United States

English

Cohort study

Dec 2012–Nov 2013

Yes

80

56 (13)

10.0%

ACS

Chart Review

DiPasquale [23]

Italy

English

Cohort study

Dec 2000–Feb 2002

Yes

280

59.7 (11.9)

65.0%

Significant Coronary Stenosis

Coronary Angiography

Hickman [61]

UK

English

Cohort study

NA

No

80

64 (13.5)

16.3%

MI

Cardiac Enzymes

Kang [62]

Korea

English

Cohort study

Oct 2001–Dec 2002

Yes

114

60 (10)

76.3%

ACS

Combination of Tests

Kontos [63]

United States

English

Cohort study

Aug 1994–Dec 1994

No

260

54 (14)

17.3%

MI

Combination of Tests

Korosoglou [64]

Germany

English

Cohort study

NA

Yes

98

ACS + : 65 (12) ACS-: 57 (15)

37.8%

ACS

Chart Review by Independent person

Kountana [65]

Greece

English

Cohort study

Mar 2010–Dec 2011

No

33

59.8 (10.8)

15.2%

ACS

Combination of Tests

Lee [66]

Korea

English

Cohort study

Jan 2011–Dec 2011

Yes

69

55 (14)

36.2%

Significant Coronary Stenosis

Coronary Angiography

Mahmoud [24]

Saudi Arabia

English

Cohort study

Aug 2014–Oct 2016

No

250

67 (2.4)

53.2%

ACS

Chart Review

Mohler [29]

United States

English

Cohort study

NA

No

100

55.6 (12)

59.8%

ACS

Chart Review

Oh [67]

United States

English

Cohort study

NA

Yes

26

58 (NA)

26.9%

MI

Combination of Tests

Onishi [68]

Japan

English

Cohort study

NA

NR

91

NA

50.5%

ACS

Coronary Angiography

Peels [69]

Netherlands

English

Cohort study

Dec 1987–Nov 1988

Yes

43

54 (NA)

58.1%

Significant Coronary Stenosis

Coronary Angiography

Sabia [70]

United States

English

Cohort study

Apr 1987–Jun 1987

No

180

62 (14)

17.2%

MI

Cardiac Enzymes

Santana [26]

Brazil

Portuguese

Cohort study

Jun 2006–Jun 2008

NR

71

56 (NA)

30.6%

ACS

Final diagnosis

Sasaki [25]

United States

English

Cohort study

NA

Yes

46

60 (11)

50.0%

ACS

Combination of Tests

Shiran [71]

Israel

English

Cohort study

NA

Yes

605

58 v

12.2%

ACS

Final diagnosis

Sobczyk [72]

Poland

English

Cohort study

Jan 2013–Jan 2014

No

1312

67 (12.3)

79.2%

MI

Chart Review

Swinburn [73]

United Kingdom

English

Cohort study

NA

No

80

64 (13.5)

15.0%

MI

Combination of Tests

Weston [74]

United States

English

Cohort study

NA

No

108

HHE + : 58 (13), HHE -: 52 (12)

11.1%

ACS

Combination of Tests

Wilben [75]

India

English

Cross sectional study

Nov 2017–Oct 2019

Yes

385

55.1 (14.2)

81.0%

ACS

Coronary Angiography

  1. SD Standard Deviation, NA Not Available, EKG Electrocardiogram, CAD Coronary Artery Disease, HHE Hand-Held Echocardiography, PTCA Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty, CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging, CCTA Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography, ACS Acute Coronary Syndrome, MI Myocardial Infarction,