Marwick 1989.
Clinical features and settings |
Clinical features
Setting
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Participants |
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Study design | Cross sectional study. | |
Target condition and reference standard(s) |
Coronary artery stenosis measured by coronary angiography
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Index and comparator tests |
DSF
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Follow‐up | None reported. | |
Notes | ||
Table of Methodological Quality | ||
Item | Authors' judgement | Description |
Representative spectrum? All tests | Yes | ESKD patients undergoing cardiac evaluation as part of transplant workup. |
Acceptable reference standard? All tests | Yes | Coronary angiography with a reference standard threshold of ≥ 50% stenosis. |
Acceptable delay between tests? All tests | Yes | Tests performed at the same time. |
Partial verification avoided? All tests | Yes | All participants who underwent an index test received the reference standard 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 | Yes | Author correspondence. |
Index test results blinded? All tests | Yes | Author correspondence. |
Relevant clinical information? All tests | Yes | Relevant clinical information provided regarding 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 | No withdrawals were reported. |