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Incorporation avoided? Yes Disease status (CAD) diagnosed by coro-
All tests nary angiography.

Reference standard results blinded? No No blinding for outcomes assessment.
All tests
Index test results blinded? No No blinding for outcomes assessment.
All tests
Relevant clinical information? Yes Relevant clinical information was provided
All tests regarding the performance and analysis of
both the index and reference tests

Uninterpretable results reported? Yes The number of tests that were submaximal
All tests were reported.

Withdrawals explained? Yes All patients missing from the final analysis
All tests were accounted for

Ferreira 2007
Clinical features and settings Clinical features
• Kidney transplant candidates with diabetic kidney disease or other causes of CKD
or ESKD undergoing cardiac evaluation. Examinations performed one day after
haemodialysis.
Setting
• Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Hospital do Rim
e Hipertensão e Hospital São Paulo, Brazil

Participants • Aged > 40 years, who presented with ≥ 2 risk factors
• Number: 126 participants
• DM: 27%
• Angina pectoris: 12%
• Hypertension: not reported
• Sex: 69% male
Exclusion criteria
• Previous history of MI or surgical or percutaneous myocardial revascularization;
unstable angina; decompensated CHF; significant aortic stenosis; pulmonary HTN;
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; inadequate echocardiographic window; atropine use
restrictions (glaucoma and obstructive uropathy); irregular dialysis regimen.

Study design Cross sectional study.

Target condition and reference standard(s) Coronary artery stenosis measured by coronary angiography
• The criterion for positive test results was ≥70% reduction in cross-sectional area.

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