Echo indices |
Number of Studies |
Number of
Myocarditis Patients |
Number of Control Patients |
Overall Effect Size (SMD) |
95% CI |
p |
I2 |
z |
LVEDD |
4 |
184 |
165 |
0.46 |
0.11, 0.81 |
0.01 |
54 |
-1.87 |
LVEF |
6 |
269 |
240 |
-0.77 |
-1.28, -0.26 |
<0.01 |
86 |
-0.20 |
LV-GLS |
6 |
269 |
240 |
-1.98 |
-2.45, -1.51 |
<0.01 |
76 |
2.48 |