4. Comparison of systematic reviews studying the test performance of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and dobutamine stress echocardiography.

Review	Population	DSE		MPS
		Sensitivity (95% CI)	Specificity (95% CI)	Sensitivity (95% CI)	Specificity (95% CI)
Cochrane review	Kidney transplant candidates only	0.79 (0.67 to 0.88)	0.89 (0.81 to 0.94)	0.74 (0.54 to 0.87)	0.70 (0.51 to 0.84)
Fleischmann 1998	General population	0.85 (0.83 to 0.87)	0.77 (0.74 to 0.80)	0.87 (0.86 to 0.88)	0.64 (0.60 to 0.68)
Schinkel 2003	General population	0.80 (NS)	0.86 (NS)	0.84 (NS)	0.77 (NS)

DSE: dobutamine stress echocardiography; MPS; myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; NS ‐ not stated