Type of patients and interventions in randomised controlled trials
| Total | Drug | Procedure | Device | Others | ||||||
| (n=252) | (n=197) | (n=40) | (n=10) | (n=5) | ||||||
| Ischaemic heart disease | 85 | (33.7) | 70 | (35.5) | 8 | (20.0) | 7 | (70.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Hypertension | 34 | (13.5) | 30 | (15.2) | 3 | (7.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (20.0) |
| Heart failure | 32 | (12.7) | 23 | (11.7) | 8 | (20.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (20.0) |
| Dyslipidaemia | 25 | (9.9) | 24 | (12.2) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (20.0) |
| Atrial fibrillation | 16 | (6.3) | 11 | (5.6) | 5 | (12.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Cardiac surgery | 10 | (4.0) | 4 | (2.0) | 6 | (15.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Chronic kidney disease | 9 | (3.6) | 7 | (3.6) | 1 | (2.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (20.0) |
| Healthy volunteer | 8 | (3.2) | 6 | (3.0) | 1 | (2.5) | 1 | (10.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2 | (0.8) | 2 | (1.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Others | 31 | (12.3) | 20 | (10.2) | 8 | (20.0) | 2 | (20.0) | 1 | (20.0) |
Values are expressed as numbers (percentages).