Table 1.

Diagnostic accuracy of exercise MPS for the detection of ≥50% coronary stenosis defined angiographically

Author, year [ref.]	No.	Tracer	Analysis	MI excluded	Quality	Sens (%)	Spec (%)	Acc (%)
Tamaki, 1984 [11]	104	201Tl	Q	Botha	2	98	91	96
DePasquale, 1988 [12]	210	201Tl	Q	Botha	2	95	74	92
Fintel, 1989 [13]	135	201Tl	V	No	2	83	–	–
Iskandrian, 1989 [14]	193	201Tl	V	Yes	2	86	62	79
Maddahi, 1989 [15]	110	201Tl	Q	Botha	3	95	56	88
Mahmarian, 1990 [16]	296	201Tl	Q	Botha	3	87	87	87
Van Train, 1990 [17]	242	201Tl	Q	Botha	2	94	43	85
Coyne, 1991 [18]	100	201Tl	V	No	2	81	74	77
Quinones, 1992 [19]	112	201Tl	V	Yes	1	77	81	78
Chae, 1993 [20]	243	201Tl	V	No	3	71	63	69
Grover-McKay, 1994 [21]	18	201Tl	V	No	1	91	86	89
Tamaki, 1994 [22]	25	201Tl	V	No	1	95	33	88
Ho, 1997 [23]	51	201Tl	V	Botha	3	76	77	76
Kiat, 1990 [24]	53	MIBI	Q	Botha	2	94	80	92
Pozzoli, 1991 [25]	75	MIBI	V	No	1	84	88	85
Solot, 1993 [26]	78	MIBI	V	No	2	96	74	90
Marwick, 1994 [27]	86	MIBI	V	Yes	2	73	70	72
Van Train, 1994 [28]	124	MIBI	Q	Botha	2	89	36	81
Tamaki, 1994 [22]	26	Tetro	V	No	1	96	67	92
Heo, 1994 [29]	23	Tetro	V	No	2	87	–	–
Benoit, 1996 [30]	30	Tetro	V	Yes	2	81	89	83
Shanoudy, 1998 [31]	26	Tetro	V	No	2	96	–	–

²⁰¹Tl, Thallium-201 thallous chloride; MIBI, technetium-99m 2-methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile; Tetro, technetium-99m 1,2-bis[bis(2-ethoxyethyl) phosphino] ethane; V, visual analysis; Q, quantitative analysis; MI, myocardial infarction; Sens, sensitivity; Spec, specificity; Acc, accuracy

^aAccuracy reported in full group and in subset without infarction; figures in table relate to whole patient group