Fig 1.
The search in the electronic databases revealed 1,625 references. A full-text review of 173 studies was performed. Ten studies were found to be eligible and were included in this meta-analysis. STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. MRI: magnetic resonance imaging, SD: standard deviation, IQR: interquartile range, CI: confidence interval, MACE: major cardiac events.
Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of the study populations and the used MRI technique.
Fig 2.
Mean myocardial salvage index, length of follow-up, and the incidence of MACE during follow-up for all patient groups. MACE: major cardiac events.
Table 2.
Model parameters of the mixed effects model.