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Table 3 Quality assessment (QUADAS)

From: Meta-analysis of the diagnostic performance of stress perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance for detection of coronary artery disease

Study

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Item 4

Item 5

Item 6

Item 7

Item 8

Item 9

Item 10

Item 11

Item 12

Item 13

Item 14

Al Saadi, 2000 (10)

no

yes

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

no

no

unclear

unclear

no

yes

yes

Schwitter, 2001 (11)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Ibrahim, 2002 (12)

yes

yes

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

unclear

unclear

yes

yes

yes

Sensky, 2002 (13)

yes

yes

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Chiu, 2003 (14)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Doyle, 2003 (15)

yes

yes

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

no

no

yes

yes

yes

Ishida,2003 (16)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Nagel, 2003 (17)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Bunce, 2004 (18)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

Giang, 2004 (19)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Kawase, 2004 (20)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Paetsch, 2004 (21)

yes

yes

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

unclear

unclear

Plein, 2004 (22)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Takase, 2004 (23)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

no

unclear

Thiele,2004 (24)

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Okuda,2005 (25)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Plein, 2005 (26)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Sakuma,2005 (27)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Cury, 2006 (28)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Klem, 2006 (29)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Pliz, 2006 (30)

yes

yes

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Rieber, 2006 (31)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Cheng, 2007 (32)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Costa,2007 (33)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Greenwood, 2007 (34)

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Kuhl, 2007 (35)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Merkle, 2007 (36)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Seeger, 2007 (37)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Gebker, 2008 (38)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Meyer, 2008 (39)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

unclear

unclear

Pilz, 2008 (40)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Klein,2008 (41)

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Klem, 2008 (42)

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Thomas, 2008 (43)

yes

yes

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

unclear

Burgstahler,2008 (44)

yes

yes

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

unclear

unclear

yes

yes

yes

  1. Item 1: was the spectrum of patients representative of the patients who will receive the test in practice?; Item 2: were selection criteria clearly described?; Item 3: is the reference standard likely to correctly classify the target condition?; Item 4: is the time period between reference and standard and index test short enough to be reasonably sure that the target condition did not change between the two tests?; Item 5: did the whole sample or a random selection of the sample, receive verification using a reference standard of diagnosis?; Item 6: did patients receive the same reference standard regardless of the index test results?; Item 7: was the reference standard independent of the index test (i.e. the index test did not form part of the reference standard); Item 8: was the execution of the index test described in the sufficient detail to permit replication of the test; Item 9: was the execution of the reference standard described in the sufficient detail to permit its replication?; Item 10: were the index test results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the reference standard?; Item 11: were the reference standard results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the index test?; Item 12: were the same clinical data available when test results were interpreted as would be available when the test is used in practice?; Item 13: were uninterpretable/intermediate test results reported?; Item 14: were withdrawals from the study explained.