Table 2.

Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy, and confirmatory or conflicting data of the main ultrasound techniques presented in Table 1.

Technique	Parameter	Sensitivity	Specificity	Accuracy	Confirmatory/conflicting data
M-mode	SPWMD	100	63	85	Conflicting
M-mode and PW Doppler	LWPSD	-	-	-	-
PW-Tissue Doppler	Diff. of Ts between LV segments	92	92	-	-
TVI	Ts-SD	100	100	100	Confirmatory/Conflicting
TSI	Ts-SD	87	81	84
SRI	TPS-SD	-	-	-	-
SRI	ExcT	-	-	-	-
2D radial strain	Time diff. peak septal-to-posterior wall strain	89	83	-	-
Triplane echo	Ts-SD	91	85	-	-

Abbreviations as in Table 1