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Acceptable delay between tests? Yes Tests were done at the same time (author
All tests correspondence).

Partial verification avoided? Yes All participants who underwent the index
All tests test received the reference standard test
Differential verification avoided? Yes Disease status (CAD) diagnosed by coro-
All tests nary angiography.

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

Reference standard results blinded? Yes Angiogramswere assessedby2cardiologists
All tests who were blinded to the perfusion imaging
results

Index test results blinded? Yes Images were assessed by nuclear cardiol-
All tests ogists who were blinded to the cardiac
catheterisation results
Relevant clinical information? Yes Relevant clinical information was provided
All tests regarding the performance and analysis of
the index and reference tests

Uninterpretable results reported? Yes There were no uninterpretable test results.
All tests
Withdrawals explained? Yes No withdrawals reported.
All tests

bpm: beats per minute; CAD: coronary artery disease; CF: cardiac failure; CHF: congestive heart failure; CIMT: carotid intimal medial
thickness; CKD: chronic kidney disease; CVD: cardiovascular disease; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; DM: diabetes mellitus; DSE:
dobutamine stress echocardiogram; DSTS: dipyridamole stress thallium scan; EBCT: electron beam computed tomography; ECG:
electrocardiogram; ESKD: end-stage kidney disease; HTN: hypertension; IHD: ischaemic heart disease; IMT: intimal media thick-
ness; IV: intravenous; MI: myocardial infarction; MIBI: methoxyisobutyl isonitrile stress; MPS: myocardial perfusion scintigraphy;
QCA: quantitative coronary analysis; RRT: renal replacement therapy; RWM: regional wall motion; SBP: systolic blood pressure;
ST: sinus tachycardia; WMA: wall motion abnormality

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