Appendix 1135. interleukin 33.mp. (104)136. galectin 3.mp. or Galectin 3/ (1455)137. Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/or matrix <strong>meta</strong>lloproteinase 9.mp. (10,074)138. pregnancy-associated plasma protein.mp. (1164)139. pregnancy associated plasma protein A.mp. (1145)140. PAPP-A.mp. (853)141. Ischaemia Modified Albumin.mp. (38)142. early troponin.mp. (7)143. troponin at presentation.mp. (0)144. initial troponin.mp. (18)145. or/20–58 (114,505)Troponin <strong>and</strong> reference st<strong>and</strong>ard terms 60 Troponin T/or Troponin I/ (6449)146. (troponin T or troponin I).mp. (9156)147. cardiac troponin T.mp. (1573)148. cardiac troponin I.mp. (2114)149. ctnt.mp. (986)150. reference st<strong>and</strong>ards/ (27,529)151. reference st<strong>and</strong>ard$.mp. (32,855)152. gold st<strong>and</strong>ard.mp. (22,828)153. Major adverse event*.mp. (803)154. (major cardiac adj events).mp. (497)155. or/60–69 (65,727)Human-only studies156. human/ (11,609,100)157. animal/ (4,746,079)158. 71 not (71 <strong>and</strong> 72) (10,378,731)159. 19 <strong>and</strong> 59 <strong>and</strong> 70 <strong>and</strong> 73 (2306)Not case–control studies160. Case-Control Studies/ (131,351)161. 74 not 75 (2238)Prognostics filter162. prognosis.sh. (298,607)163. diagnosed.tw. (261,406)164. cohort:.mp. (226,523)165. predictor:.tw. (148,838)166. death.tw. (366,188)167. exp models, statistical/ (191,474)168. or/77–82 (1,290,944)Date limits169. limit 83 to yr=“1995 -Current” (969,679)170. 76 <strong>and</strong> 84 (876)CTCA/ETT <strong>review</strong> diagnostic accuracy search: a MEDLINE exampleChest pain population terms1. exp Chest Pain/ (43,388)2. (chest adj (pain or discomfort or tight* or pressure)).mp. (23,109)136NIHR Journals Library
DOI: 10.3310/hta17010 Health Technology Assessment 2013 Vol. 17 No. 13. chest-pain.mp. (21,868)4. (cardiac adj pain).mp. (359)5. (thora* adj pain).mp. (1021)6. Acute Coronary Syndrome/ (3225)7. acute coronary syndrome.mp. (7796)8. (acute adj coronary adj syndrome).mp. (7796)9. Angina, Unstable/ (7731)10. unstable angina.mp. (9938)11. (unstable adj2 angina).mp. (13,062)12. Myocardial Infarction/ (126,097)13. myocardial.mp. (307,231)14. infarct*.mp. (222,416)15. (myocardial adj infarction).mp. (163,611)16. heart attack.mp. (2541)17. (heart adj (arrest$or attack*)).mp. (29,168)18. (preinfarction or pre-infarction or (pre adj infarction)).mp. (408)19. or/1–18 (417,635)Coronary computed tomography angiography terms20. Coronary computed tomography angiography.mp. (132)21. CCTA.mp. (152)22. ((CT or comput$tomog$) adj3 coronary angiogra$).mp. (992)23. ((electrocard$or ecg) adj2 exercise).mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name <strong>of</strong> substance word,subject heading word, unique identifier] (2885)24. (treadmill or stress or exercise adj2 test).tw25. 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 (4104)Comparator terms26. coronary angiography/ (40,511)27. coronary angiogra$.mp. (49,249)28. reference st<strong>and</strong>ards/ (27,529)29. reference st<strong>and</strong>ard$.mp. (32,859)30. gold st<strong>and</strong>ard.mp. (22,845)31. Major adverse event*.mp. (805)32. (major cardiac adj events).mp. (497)33. or/25–31 (105,094)34. 24 <strong>and</strong> 33 (2029)Human-only studies35. human/ (11,609,245)36. animal/ (4,746,107)37. 34 not (35 <strong>and</strong> 34) (10,378,871)38. 19 <strong>and</strong> 24 <strong>and</strong> 33 <strong>and</strong> 36 (1066)Diagnostics filter39. exp “Sensitivity <strong>and</strong> Specificity”/ (327,472)40. sensitivity.tw. (425,433)41. specificity.tw. (267,723)42. ((pre-test or pretest) adj probability).tw. (932)43. post-test probability.tw. (258)44. predictive value$.tw. (52,099)45. likelihood ratio$.tw. (6262)46. 38 or 39 or 40 or 41 or 42 or 43 or 44 (834,065)© Queen’s Printer <strong>and</strong> Controller <strong>of</strong> HMSO 2013. This work was produced by Goodacre et al. under the terms <strong>of</strong> a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary <strong>of</strong> Statefor Health. This issue may be freely reproduced for the purposes <strong>of</strong> private research <strong>and</strong> study <strong>and</strong> extracts (or indeed, the full report) may be included in pr<strong>of</strong>essional journalsprovided that suitable acknowledgement is made <strong>and</strong> the reproduction is not associated with any form <strong>of</strong> advertising. Applications for commercial reproduction should beaddressed to: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials <strong>and</strong> Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University <strong>of</strong> Southampton SciencePark, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK.137