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Table 2 Diagnostic performance of echocardiography to detect myocardial infarction

From: Incremental value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance over echocardiography in the detection of acute and chronic myocardial infarction

 

N

Sensitivity 95% CI

Specificity 95% CI

PPV 95% CI

NPV 95% CI

Overall

141

68.8% (64.9-71.4)

80.6% (65.3-90.9)

93.3% (88.0-96.8)

39.7% (32.2-44.8)

Acute MI

61

78.7% (70.8-84.4)

80.6% (67.1-90.2)

87.3% (78.5-93.6)

69.0% (57.6-77.3)

Chronic MI

80

61.3% (54.8-65.8)

80.6% (66.1-90.7)

87.5% (78.2-94.0)

48.3% (39.7-54.4)

  1. CI = confidence interval; PPV = positive predictive value; NPV = negative predictive value; MI = myocardial infarction.