Complete Versus Incomplete Revascularization in Elderly Patients With Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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  Figure 1. PRISMA flow diagram of study screening and selection. PRISMA: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis.

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  Figure 2. Risk of MACE in complete vs incomplete revascularization in elderly patients. Number of participants per group: Berezhnoi K, et al. [7], n=305; Biscaglia S, et al. [5], n=1445; Kato T, et al. [11], n=39; Lu Y, et al. [6], n=790; Marino M, et al. [8], n=166; Rumiz E, et al. [18], n=111; Song Y, et al. [21], n=269; Wang G, et al. [22], n=1263. CR: complete revascularization; IR: incomplete revascularization; SE: standard error; IV: inverse variance; CI: confidence interval; df: degrees of freedom; I²: heterogeneity (I-squared); Tau²: between-study variance (Tau-squared); Chi²: Chi-squared test; Z: Z-score for overall effect; P-value: statistical significance; MACE: major adverse cardiovascular events.

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  Figure 3. Risk of all-cause mortality in complete vs incomplete revascularization in elderly patients. Number of participants per group: Magalhaes M, et al. [19], n=2132; Iqbal M, et al. [14], n=8436; Lu Y, et al. [6], n=790; Wang G, et al. [22], n=1263; Hannan E, et al. [15], n=11294; Wu C, et al. [17], n=8750. CR: complete revascularization; IR: incomplete revascularization; SE: standard error; IV: inverse variance; CI: confidence interval; df: degrees of freedom; I²: heterogeneity (I-squared); Tau²: between-study variance (Tau-squared); Chi²: Chi-squared test; Z: Z-score for overall effect; P-value: statistical significance.

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  Figure 4. Risk of myocardial infarction in complete vs incomplete revascularization in elderly patients. Number of participants per group: Biscaglia S, et al. [5], n=1445; Hannan E, et al. [15], n=11294; Lu Y, et al. [6], n=790; Marino M, et al. [8], n=166; Wang G, et al. [22], n=1263. CR: complete revascularization; IR: incomplete revascularization; SE: standard error; IV: inverse variance; CI: confidence interval; df: degrees of freedom; I²: heterogeneity (I-squared); Tau²: between-study variance (Tau-squared); Chi²: Chi-squared test; Z: Z-score for overall effect; P-value: statistical significance.

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  Figure 5. Risk of MACE in complete vs incomplete revascularization in the subgroup of elderly patients > 80 years old. Number of participants per group: Berezhnoi K, et al. [7], n=305; Biscaglia S, et al. [5], n=1445; Lu Y, et al. [6], n=790; Marino M, et al. [8], n=166. CR: complete revascularization; IR: incomplete revascularization; SE: standard error; IV: inverse variance; CI: confidence interval; df: degrees of freedom; I²: heterogeneity (I-squared); Tau²: between-study variance (Tau-squared); Chi²: Chi-squared test; Z: Z-score for overall effect; P-value: statistical significance, MACE: major adverse cardiovascular events.

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  Figure 6. Risk of all-cause of mortality in complete vs incomplete revascularization in the subgroup of elderly patients> 80 years old. Number of participants per group: Hannan E, et al. [15]​​​​​​, n=11294; Lu Y, et al. [6], n=790; Iqbal M, et al. [14], n=8436; Magalhaes M, et al. [19], n=2132; Wu C, et al. [17], n=8750. CR: complete revascularization; IR: incomplete revascularization; SE: standard error; IV: inverse variance; CI: confidence interval; df: degrees of freedom; I²: heterogeneity (I-squared); Tau²: between-study variance (Tau-squared); Chi²: Chi-squared test; Z: Z-score for overall effect; P-value: statistical significance.

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  Figure 7. Risk of myocardial infarction in complete vs incomplete revascularization in the subgroup of elderly patients > 80 years old. Number of participants per group: Biscaglia S, et al. [5], n=1445; Hannan E, et al. [15], n=11294; Marino M, et al. [8], n=166. CR: complete revascularization; IR: incomplete revascularization; SE: standard error; IV: inverse variance; CI: confidence interval; df: degrees of freedom; I²: heterogeneity (I-squared); Tau²: between-study variance (Tau-squared); Chi²: Chi-squared test; Z: Z-score for overall effect; P-value: statistical significance.