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Table 1 General characters of studies entered meta-analysis

From: Evaluating the effect of magnesium supplementation and cardiac arrhythmias after acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors

Year of Publication

Country

Clinical settings

number

Mean Age

Treatment

Mg

P

Mg

p

L.F. Smith12

1986

U.K.

Not surgery

92

93

59.7 ± 0.9

58.4 ± 1.1

65 mmol MgSO4 over 24 h

Rasmussen HS13

1987

Denmark

Not surgery

55

75

64.6

67.6

12 mmol MgSO4 over 24 h

Shechter.M14

1990

Israel

Not surgery

50

53

64 ± 10

63 ± 11

22 g MgSO4 over 24 h

M.Thiigersen.A15

1993

Sweden

Not surgery

54

55

67 ± 10

67 ± 11

50 mmol MgSO4 over 20 h

Roffe.C16

1994

U.K.

Not surgery

22

26

65.7 ± 12.7

60.2 ± 9.7

73 mmol MgSO4 over 24 h

Bhargava.B17

1995

India

Not surgery

40

38

58 ± 10

56 ± 8

65 mmol MgSO4 over 24 h

Karmy-Jones.R18

1995

Canada

CABG

46

54

64.5 ± 7.9

60.2 ± 11.9

2.4 g MgSO4 over 24 h

Shakerinia.T19

1996

Iran

CABG

25

25

67.2 ± 8.3

64.9 ± 6.7

15 mmol/L MgSO4 over 24 h

Raghu.C20

1999

India

Not surgery

169

181

52.9 ± 11

53.1 ± 10.8

18 g MgSO4 over 24 h

Parikka.H21

1999

Finland

Not surgery

31

26

60 ± 6

59 ± 6

70 mmol MgSO4 over 24 h

Treggiari-Venzi MM22

2000

Switzerland

CABG

47

51

65

65

4 g MgSO4 over 24 h

M. Santoro.G23

2000

Italy

Angioplasty

75

75

60 ± 11

60 ± 12

7 g MgSO4 over 5 h

Toraman F24

2001

Turkey

CABG

100

100

62 ± 6.7

61.4 ± 8.7

0.8 g MgSO4 over 24 h

Nakashima H25

2004

Japan

Angioplasty

89

91

67 ± 11

69 ± 11

20 g MgSO4 over 24 h

Ebadi.A26

2008

Iran

CABG

81

81

61.6 ± 5.5

61.7 ± 8.5

2 g MgSO4 over 24 h

Tiryakioglu.O27

2009

Turkey

CABG

64

64

58 ± 8

57.6 ± 8.8

3 g MgSO4 over 24 h

Cook RC28

2009

Canada

CABG

462

465

–

–

5 g MgSO4 over 24 h

MoeenVaziri MT29

2009

Iran

CABG

25

26

60.1 ± 8.9

60.8 ± 10.5

30 mg/kg MgSO4 in 5 min

Tabari.M30

2009

Iran

CABG

60

60

61.3 ± 0.6

58.4 ± 10.3

4.5 g MgSO4 over 24 h

Mhaskar DM31

2013

India

Not surgery

50

50

59.1 ± 13.4

59.5 ± 15.03

20 g MgSO4 over 24 h

Abbas SH32

2015

Pakistan

CABG

130

130

51.7 ± 10.2

51.7 ± 10.2

1 g MgSO4 over 24 h

Mohammadzadeh A33

2017

Iran

CABG

125

125

60.8 ± 7.6

61.3 ± 6.6

30 mg/kg MgSO4 in 5 min

  1. Notes: Mg, magnesium; P, placebo; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting