Table 2 .
Diagnostic confidence with regard to the presence of submucosal fundal varices in 22 patients using multi-detector row CT (MDCT) angiography and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
| MDCT angiography |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic confidence | Reader No 1 (n) | Reader No 2 (n) | Reader No 3 (n) | EUS (n) |
| Score 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Score 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Score 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Score 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Score 5 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
Score 1, submucosal varix definitely absent; 2, submucosal varix probably absent; 3; submucosal varix possibly present (indeterminate); 4, submucosal varix probably present; 5, submucosal varix definitely present.
n=number of patients.