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. 2025 Oct 23;2025:2592204. doi: 10.1155/carj/2592204

Table 2.

The optimal cutoff values of TTE parameters and the diagnostic efficacy for new criterion.

Parameters Cutoff values Sen (%) Spe (%) PPV (%) NPV (%) Acc (%) p
TAPSE/sPAP < 0.50 mm/mmHg 79.6 80.0 95.7 41.4 79.7 < 0.001
TAPSE/sPAP < 0.55 mm/mmHg※ 88.0 60.0 92.5 47.4 83.8 < 0.001
RVOT-AT < 93 ms 88.6 60.0 91.8 51.2 83.9 < 0.001
RVOT-AT < 105 ms※ 92.0 34.3 87.6 46.2 82.5 < 0.001
RAA > 14.5 cm2 66.9 69.4 91.4 30.1 67.3 < 0.001
RAA > 18 cm2※ 35.8 72.2 86.3 18.7 42.0 0.465
mPA > 25 mm 68.8 60.0 89.6 27.6 67.1 0.002
LVEI > 1.1 42.3 93.9 97.3 24.2 50.7 < 0.001
sPAP > 37.5 mmHg 84.0 72.7 94.0 47.1 82.2 < 0.001
TRV > 2.8 m/s 90.0 57.6 91.6 52.8 84.7 < 0.001
RVD > 26.5 mm 60.6 77.8 93.0 28.9 63.5 < 0.001
RVD/LVD > 0.65 58.0 77.8 92.7 27.5 61.3 < 0.001
mPA/AO > 1 60.0 68.6 90.5 25.5 61.4 0.003
IVCE > 13.5 mm 63.1 68.8 91.7 25.3 63.9 0.002

Note: Acc, accuracy; AO, aorta diameter; IVCE, inferior vena cava diameter of end-expiratory; mPA, main pulmonary artery diameter; Sen, sensitivity; Spe, specificity; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography.

Abbreviations: LVD, left ventricular diameter; LVEI, left ventricular eccentricity index; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value; RAA, right atrial area; RVD, right ventricular diameter; RVOT-AT, right ventricular outflow tract acceleration time; sPAP, systolic pulmonary arterial pressure; TAPSE, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; TRV, tricuspid regurgitation velocity.

※The cutoff values recommended by guidelines.