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Table 2 Characteristics of the included studies: index test

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

Study ID

US Device

US Exam

US Operator

US Time

Positive Index Test

Ahn [30]

Echocardiography Device

POCUS

EM physician; EM resident

Not reported

RWMA only

Allen [56]

Not Reported

Not Reported

Not Reported

Not reported

Not Reported

Atar [76]

Handheld—Cart/Tray

TTE

Cardiologist

At admission

RWMA and/or LVEF reduction

Bracey [28]

Handheld—Cart/Tray

POCUS

EM physician

Not reported

RWMA only

Castini [27]

Echocardiography Device

Limited TTE

Cardiologist

Not reported

RWMA only

Cevrim [57]

Handheld—Cart/Tray

Limited TTE

EM physician

Not reported

RWMA only

Chandra [77]

Not Reported

Not Reported

EM physician

Not reported

RWMA and/or LVEF reduction

Dahlslett [58]

Echocardiography Device

Limited TTE

Not Reported

Not reported

RWMA only

DeLoizaga [59]

Not Reported

POCUS

EM physician

Not reported

RWMA only

DiPasquale [23]

Echocardiography Device

TTE

Cardiologist; Cardiology fellow

At admission

RWMA only

Hickman [61]

Echocardiography Device

TTE

Other: Experienced Operator

Not reported

RWMA only

Kang [62]

Echocardiography Device

TTE

Not Reported

 < 12 h

RWMA only

Kontos [63]

Echocardiography Device

Limited TTE

Cardiology fellow; Sonographer

 < 4 h

RWMA and/or LVEF reduction

Korosoglou [64]

Echocardiography Device

Limited TTE

Not Reported

Not reported

RWMA only

Kountana [65]

Not Reported

Not Reported

Not Reported

Not reported

RWMA only

Lee [66]

Echocardiography Device

TTE

Cardiology; sonographer

Not reported

RWMA only

Mahmoud [24]

Echocardiography Device

TTE

Sonographer

At admission

RWMA and/or LVEF reduction

Mohler [29]

Echocardiography Device

TTE

Sonographer

At admission

RWMA only

Oh [67]

Echocardiography Device

TTE

Cardiologist

Not reported

RWMA only

Onishi [68]

Echocardiography Device

Not Reported

Not Reported

Not reported

RWMA only

Peels [69]

Echocardiography Device

Limited TTE

Not Reported

At admission

RWMA only

Sabia [70]

Echocardiography Device

TTE

Not Reported

At admission

RWMA only

Santana [26]

Not Reported

TTE

Not Reported

Not reported

RWMA only

Sasaki [25]

Echocardiography Device

Limited TTE

Not Reported

 < 8 h

RWMA only

Shiran [71]

Echocardiography Device

TTE

Not Reported

 < 24 h

RWMA only

Sobczyk [72]

Echocardiography Device

POCUS

EM resident

At admission

RWMA only

Swinburn [73]

Echocardiography Device

TTE

Other: Experienced Operator

At admission

RWMA only

Weston [74]

Handheld—Cart/Tray

POCUS

Other: 3rd year medical student

Not reported

RWMA and/or LVEF reduction

Wilben [75]

Echocardiography Device

TTE

Sonographer

At admission

RWMA only

  1. US Ultrasound, TTE Transthoracic Echocardiography, POCUS point-of-care ultrasound, RWMA Regional Wall Motion Abnormalities, LVEF Left ventricle ejection fraction