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From: Silent coronary artery disease in type 2 diabetes: a narrative review on epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical studies

Table 1. Main non-invasive tests for the screening of silent CAD

Test	Type	Advantages	Disadvantages
Exercise stress test	Functional	Low cost Physiologic stress	Low sensitivity
Stress echocardiography	Functional	Low cost Pharmacological/physiological stress High specificity	Difficult in some patients False negative if single vessel disease
Radionuclide imaging	Functional	High sensitivity	Radiation False positive
Coronary artery calcium	Anatomic	Non-invasive	Radiation No stenosis evaluation
Coronary computed tomography angiography	Anatomic	High negative predictive value	No function evaluation
Magnetic resonance imaging	Anatomic/functional	Expensive	Preliminary studies

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