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World J Cardiol. May 26, 2026; 18(5): 119100
Published online May 26, 2026. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i5.119100
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Figure 1  Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Diagram Representing Breakdown of Included and Excluded Studies.
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Figure 2 Risk of bias assessment of included studies. A: Risk of bias in non-randomized studies of interventions scale graph for included observational studies; B: Traffic plot for included observational studies; C: Risk of bias 2.0 tool graph for included observational studies; D: Traffic plot for included observational studies.
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Figure 3 Forest plot assessing the risk of acute coronary syndrome associated with proton pump inhibitors in comparison with placebo. A: Randomized controlled trials only; B: Observational studies only. PPI: Proton pump inhibitor; M-H: Mantel-Haenszel; CI: Confidence interval.
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Figure 4 Forest plot assessing the risk of all-cause mortality associated with proton pump inhibitors in comparison with placebo. A: Randomized controlled trials only; B: Observational studies only. PPI: Proton pump inhibitor; M-H: Mantel-Haenszel; CI: Confidence interval.
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Figure 5 Forest plot assessing the risk of cardiac mortality associated with proton pump inhibitors in comparison with placebo. A: Randomized controlled trials only; B: Observational studies only. PPI: Proton pump inhibitor; M-H: Mantel-Haenszel; CI: Confidence interval.
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Figure 6 Observational studies only forest plot assessing the impact of proton pump inhibitors. A: Major adverse cardiovascular event; B: Stent thrombosis; C: Coronary revascularization; D: Ischemic stroke. PPI: Proton pump inhibitor; M-H: Mantel-Haenszel; CI: Confidence interval.


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