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Figure 1. Flow of studies identified in literature search for systematic review of testing for coronary artery
disease in potential kidney transplant recipients* Some studies investigate more than one test and so
contribute to more than one test comparisonCIMT: carotid intimal medial thickness; DSE: dobutamine stress
echocardiography; DSF: digital subtraction fluorography; EBCT: electron beam computed tomography; ECG:
resting electrocardiography; Echo/LV: echocardiography (left ventricular dysfunction or cardiomegaly);
Echo/MAC: echocardiography (mitral annular calcification); Echo/RWMA: echocardiography (resting wall
motion abnormality); EST: exercise stress electrocardiography; EV: exercise ventriculography; MPS:
myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

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