Table 1 Sensitivity and specificity for the detection of coronary vessel wall edema (i.e., artery wall enhancement) using water sensitive T2-STIR and standard T2W sequences at enhancement thresholds ranging from SI 1 to 8 SD above the SI of the myocardium.
From: Determination of Edema in Porcine Coronary Arteries by T2 Weighted Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
T2-STIR | T2W | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Threshold | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Sensitivity | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 85 | 92 | 71 | 62 | 38 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
Specificity | 29 | 29 | 29 | 36 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 46 | 71 | 84 | 84 | 1000 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Accuracy | 64 | 64 | 64 | 68 | 79 | 82 | 86 | 79 | 69 | 76 | 73 | 61 | 61 | 58 | 53 | 53 |