Clinical events rate at a median FU of 5 years (P refers to pooled OR).

<p>Clinical events rate at a median FU of 5 years (P refers to pooled OR).</p

Design features and appraisal of the internal validity of included studies.

<p>Risk of bias is expressed as A (low risk), B (moderate risk), C (high risk), and D (incomplete reporting leading to inability to ascertain the underlying risk of bias).</p

Patients and procedural features of included studies.

<p>Patients and procedural features of included studies.</p

Major adverse cardiovascular events at a median FU of 5 years, mean 5.6 years (from top to bottom, MACE, Death, MI, Stroke, TVR).

<p>Major adverse cardiovascular events at a median FU of 5 years, mean 5.6 years (from top to bottom, MACE, Death, MI, Stroke, TVR).</p

Major adverse cardiovascular events at 1 year (from top to bottom, MACE, Death, MI, Stroke, TVR).

<p>Major adverse cardiovascular events at 1 year (from top to bottom, MACE, Death, MI, Stroke, TVR).</p

Features of included studies.

<p>CABG: Coronary artery bypass graft; CVA; cerebrovascular accident; DES: drug eluting stent; LAD: left anterior descending; MI: myocardial infarction; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; RCT: randomised controlled trial.</p