Krawczynska 1988.

Clinical features and settings	Clinical features 305 patients with ESKD undergoing cardiac assessment prior to kidney transplant Setting Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia, USA
Participants	Number: 46 DM: percentage not reported Angina pectoris: percentage not reported Hypertension: percentage not reported Sex: not reported
Study design	Cohort study
Target condition and reference standard(s)	Coronary artery stenosis measured by coronary angiography Criterion for positive test results was ≥ 50% reduction in cross‐sectional area.
Index and comparator tests	Thalium‐201 Cardiac SPECT Stress was induced in 200 patients via exercise, 105 with dipyridamole. Reversible perfusion deficits constituted a positive test.
Follow‐up	Postoperative data available for outcomes of death and adverse cardiac events.
Notes	Only available in abstract form (presentation).
Table of Methodological Quality
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Representative spectrum? All tests	Yes	Prerenal transplant cardiac assessment. 305 ESKD patients waiting kidney transplantation.
Acceptable reference standard? All tests	Yes	Coronary angiography with a reference standard threshold ≥ 50% stenosis.
Acceptable delay between tests? All tests	Unclear	Likely to be short delay between tests.
Partial verification avoided? All tests	No	38 patients received both coronary angiography and stress test.
Differential verification avoided? All tests	Yes	Disease status (CAD) diagnosed by coronary angiography.
Incorporation avoided? All tests	Yes	Disease status (CAD) diagnosed by coronary angiography.
Reference standard results blinded? All tests	Unclear	Not stated in abstract.
Index test results blinded? All tests	Unclear	Not stated in abstract.
Relevant clinical information? All tests	Unclear	Insufficient clinical information provided about performance and analysis of the index and reference tests.
Uninterpretable results reported? All tests	Yes	No results were reported to be uninterpretable.
Withdrawals explained? All tests	Yes	All patients missing from the final analysis were accounted for.