2.1. Data sources
To identify eligible studies, we searched the electronic databases from
1988 until July 2019 through two investigators. The electronic database
includes the PubMed, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Ovid’s MEDLINE, CENTRAL and
ClinicalTrials.gov, Web of Science, Cochrane databases and EBM review,
using various combinations of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and text
words including: ”ventricular septal defect(VSD)”, ”ventricular septal
rupture”, ”myocardial infarction”, ”closure”, ”septal occlude device”,
”transcatheter”, ”percutaneous”.