The non-invasive procedures studied were exercise treadmill testing, transthoracic echocardiography, and nuclear cardiac imaging [multi-gated acquisition (MUGA), Thallium/Sestamibi].
The invasive procedures studied were cardiac catheterization, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).
If questionnaires could not be linked to a HES episode, their eligibility for inclusion (ie they underwent the procedures being studied) was uncertain.
In this context, access-hole filling is a common clinical procedure, but studies are quite limited in the literature.
Details of the selection procedure for studies are shown in a PRISMA flow chart (figure 1).
The colonoscopy and biopsy procedures used in this study are standard procedures for patients with UC.
The procedures of this study are given in Figure 1.
All procedures and studies were in accordance with the ethics committee of the Medical University of Vienna (acceptance no. 1068/2015).
Following elimination procedures, 26 studies were fully screened.
After the translation procedures, pilot studies were performed to assess comprehension difficulties and questionnaire translation adequacy.
