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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Remote ischemic conditioning during primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author, year

Inclusion Criteria, TIMI flow grade

Samplesize, gender M/F

Mean age, years (SD)

RIC Protocol

Outcome measures

RIC + PCI

PCI

RIC + PCI

PCI

Sit of cond

Timing of cond.

Duration of cond.(min)

Tourniquet pressure (mmHg)

Bøtker,2010 [10]

STEMI, symptom onset< 12 h;TIMI flow grade 0-III

96/30

94/31

62(12)

63(11)

Upper limb

Pre

40

200

Cao,2018 [11]

STEMI, symptom onset< 6 h; NR

29/7

40/4

59(13)

59(10)

Upper limb

Post

40

200

Crimi,2013 [12]

Anterior STEMI, symptom onset< 6 h; TIMI flow grade 0-I

41/7

43/5

61(11)

56(11)

Lower limb

Post

30

200

Eitel,2015 [13]

STEMI, symptom onset< 12 h; TIMI flow grade 0-III

169/63

165/67

65(10)

65(9)

Upper limb

Pre + Post

30

200

Elbadawi,

2017 [14]

Anterior STEMI, symptom onset< 12 h; NR

5/25

5/25

53(8)

50(7)

Lower limb

Post

30

200

Engstrøm,

2017 [15]

STEMI, symptom onset< 12 h; TIMI flow grade 0-I

489/128

486/131

63(11)

62(12)

Lower limb

Post

20

200

Liu,2016 [16]

STEMI, symptom onset< 12 h; TIMI flow grade 0-III

45/14

49/11

62(12)

63(12)

Upper limb

Pre

40

200

Munk,2010 [17]

STEMI, symptom onset< 12 h; NR

28/95

26/93

62(11)

62(11)

Upper limb

Pre

40

200

Prunier,2014 [18]

STEMI, symptom onset< 6 h; NR

14/4

13/4

66(16)

62(14)

Upper limb

Pre

30

200

Rentoukas, 2010 [19]

STEMI, symptom onset< 6 h; NR

20/13

18/12

63(11)

61(11)

Upper limb

Pre

24

20 mm Hgabove systolic arterial pressure

Sloth,2013 [20]

STEMI, symptom onset< 12 h; TIMI flow grade 0-III

126

125

NR

NR

Upper limb

Pre

40

200

Verouhis, 2016 [21]

Anterior STEMI, symptom onset< 6 h; TIMI flow grade 0-III

44/3

44/2

61(8)

61(5)

Lower limb

Pre

70

200

White,2015 [22]

STEMI, symptom onset< 12 h; TIMI flow grade 0-I

37/6

30/10

57(10)

60(11)

Upper limb

Pre

40

200

Yamanaka, 2015 [23]

STEMI, symptom onset< 24 h; NR

34/13

36/11

67(12)

67(15)

Upper limb

Pre

30

200

  1. RIC: remote ischemic conditioning; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; NR: not report; Outcome measures:myocardial enzyme levels; myocardialsalvage index; infarct size; TIMI flow grade III; left ventricularejection fraction (LVEF); major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE)