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Cardiac testing for coronary artery disease in potential kidney transplant recipients

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008691.pub2Copy DOI
Database:
  1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Version published:
  1. 07 December 2011see what's new
Type:
  1. Diagnostic
Stage:
  1. Review
Cochrane Editorial Group:
  1. Cochrane Kidney and Transplant Group

Copyright:
  1. Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors

  • Louis W Wang

    Correspondence to: Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, Australia

    [email protected]

    Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

  • Magid A Fahim

    Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

  • Andrew Hayen

    Screening and Test Evaluation Program (STEP), Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

  • Ruth L Mitchell

    Cochrane Renal Group, Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia

  • Laura Baines

    Renal Services, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

  • Stephen Lord

    Cardiology Services, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

  • Jonathan C Craig

    Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Cochrane Renal Group, Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia

  • Angela C Webster

    Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Cochrane Renal Group, Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia

    Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead, Westmead, Australia

Contributions of authors

  • Louis W Wang: Designed and co‐ordinated the review, collected data, undertook searches, screened search results, organised study retrieval, screened retrieved studies against inclusion criteria, appraised study quality, extracted data, corresponded with study authors to obtain additional information, data management, entry, analysis and interpretation, review writing.

  • Angela C Webster: Designed and co‐ordinated the review, corresponded with study authors to obtain additional information, analysed and interpreted data, review writing, provided general advice on the review, performed previous work that was the foundation of the current study, provided methodological and clinical perspectives (transplant physician).

  • Magid A Fahim: Data collection, undertook searches, screened search results, screened retrieved studies against inclusion criteria, appraised study quality, data extraction.

  • Ruth Mitchell: Designed search strategies, undertook searches.

  • Andrew Hayen: Designed the statistical methodology, analysed and interpreted data.

  • Laura Baines: Performed previous research that formed the foundation of the current review, provided a clinical perspective (nephrology).

  • Stephen Lord: Performed previous research that formed the foundation of the current review, provided a clinical perspective (cardiology).

  • Jonathan C Craig: Provided methodological and clinical perspectives, and general advice on the review.

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • No sources of support supplied

External sources

  • Jacquot Research Establishment Award, administered by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology, Australia.

  • Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Program (Grant Number 402764), Australia.

Declarations of interest

  • Laura Baines: None known

  • Jonathan C Craig: None known

  • Magid A Fahim: None known

  • Andrew Hayen: None known

  • Stephen Lord: None Known

  • Ruth L Mitchell: During the time I have been an author on this review my salary has been supported through a grant from the Cochrane Collaboration for work on the Cochrane register of diagnostic test accuracy studies.

  • Louis W Wang: None known.

  • Angela C Webster: None known

Acknowledgements

The authors would especially like to thank Petra Macaskill for her assistance in designing the statistical methodology for this review and providing invaluable statistical support. We also thank Professors Les Irwig and Stephen Chadban for their kind comments and assistance in reviewing an earlier version of this review; Narelle Willis, Managing Editor of the Cochrane Renal Group, and Leslee Edwards, the Administrative Officer of the Cochrane Renal Group, for their assistance in managing the editorial aspects of this review.

We would also like to thank the many study authors who provided additional information regarding their research, especially: Daniel Brennan, Maria Dolores Checa, José Jayme Galvão de Lima, An de Vriese, Cesar Garcia‐Canton, Sishir Gang, Thomas Marwick, Gert Mayer, Gilmar Reis, Sylvia Rosas, Alice Schmidt, Jamshid Shirani, Nakul Sinha and Matthew Worthley.

This research was supported, in part, by the Jacquot Research Establishment Award administered by The Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology. Dr Andrew Hayen has also received financial support from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Program (Grant Number 402764).

Version history

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Version

2011 Dec 07

Cardiac testing for coronary artery disease in potential kidney transplant recipients

Review

Louis W Wang, Magid A Fahim, Andrew Hayen, Ruth L Mitchell, Laura Baines, Stephen Lord, Jonathan C Craig, Angela C Webster

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008691.pub2

2010 Sep 08

Cardiac testing for coronary artery disease in potential kidney transplant recipients

Protocol

Louis W Wang, Magid A Fahim, Andrew Hayen, Ruth L Mitchell, Laura Baines, Stephen Lord, Jonathan C Craig, Angela C Webster

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008691

Differences between protocol and review

Sparsity of data, both in terms of numbers of studies and participants, meant that we were unable to perform meaningful subgroup analyses of the effect of DM or prevalence of angina and symptomatic ischaemic heart disease on diagnostic test performance.

Notes

An earlier version of this review was published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (Wang 2011).