Pooled Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Video Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Implantable Cardiac Devices

Table 1

Studies included in the analysis and the baseline characteristics of the patients.

Study	Year	n	Mean age	Male	Female	Completion rate	Diagnostic rate
Leighton [5]	2004	5	73	4/5 (80%)	1/5 (20%)	5/5 (100%)	n/a
Payeras [6]	2005	20	78	14/20 (70%)	6/20 (30%)	20/20 (100%)	14/20 (70%)
Dubner [7]	2005	6	61	4/6 (66%)	2/6 (34%)	n/a	n/a
Leighton [8]	2005	5	72	1/5 (20%)	4/5 (80%)	n/a	n/a
Dirks [9]	2008	5	45	0/5 (0%)	5/5 (100%)	5/5 (100%)	5/5 (100%)
Elias [10]	2009	4	78	2/4 (50%)	2/4 (50%)	n/a	n/a
Bandorski [11]	2011	59	73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chung [12]	2012	6	60.5	3/6 (50%)	3/6 (50%)	6/6 (100%)	n/a
Bandorski [13]	2012	380	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cuschieri [14]	2012	20	71	13/20 (65%)	7/20 (35%)	n/a	n/a
Harris [15]	2013	118	72	74/118 (63%)	44/118 (37%)	79/118 (67%)	n/a
Stanish [16]	2014	21	71.1	8/21 (38%)	13/21 (62%)	20/21 (95%)	13/21 (62%)
Moneghini [17]	2016	14	66.4	11/14 (78%)	3/14 (22%)	13/14 (92.8%)	9/14 (64.2%)
Amornsawadwattana [18]	2016	30	60.1	24/30 (80%)	6/30 (20%)	30/30 (100%)	12/30 (40%)
Truss [19]	2016	8	63	8/8 (100%)	0/8 (0%)	8/8 (100%)	8/8 (100%)
Hanson [20]	2016	34	67.1	n/a	n/a	34/34 (100%)	31/34 (91%)
Pooled numbers		735	69.8	166/262 (64)	96/262 (36)	220/261 (85)	92/132 (70)