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. 2016 Aug 15;5(8):e003816. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003816

Table 4.

Risk of Bias Question Results

Question Answers van der Kolk 201114 Kim 201215 Skarpathiotakis 201316 Vakil 201317 Qiao 201418 Teng 201519 Xu 201520 Zou 201521
Was the study sample prospectively selected to minimize the risk of selection bias? Yes (+) or no (−) + + + + + +
Were the inclusion and exclusion criteria adequately described? Yes (+) or no (−) + + + + + + + +
Was the study's primary objective to assess whether enhancement was associated with ischemic presentations? Yes (+) or no (−) + + + + + + +
Were the investigators blinded to the location of infarction during vessel wall enhancement detection? Yes (+) or no (−) + + + + + + +
Did more than 1 investigator assess for the presence of vessel enhancement? Yes (+) or no (−) + + + + + + +
Was a measure of interreader reproducibility for enhancement detection reported? Yes (+) or no (−) + +
Did more than 1 investigator adjudicate culprit lesion detection? Yes (+) or no (−) +
Were culprit and nonculprit lesions matched in terms of vessel stenosis severity? Yes (+) or no (−)

Note: If data not provided or not specified, recorded as no (−).