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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Cardiol. 2008 Jun 12;15(4):518–525. doi: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2008.04.005

Table 4.

Concordance in the coronary distribution of the ischemic segments between mental and exercise or adenosine tests. Included in this analysis are the 21 patients who developed ischemia during both stress procedures.

Mental stress
Coronary Territories Exercise or adenosine Absent Present
LAD Absent 6 2
Present 3 10
Percent agreement=76%; Kappa±SE=0.51±0.19; p=0.020
LCX Absent 10 1
Present 7 3
Percent agreement=62%; Kappa±SE=0.22±0.18, p=0.223
RCA Absent 9 2
Present 3 7
Percent agreement=76%; Kappa±SE=0.52±0.19, p=0.017

Abbreviations: LAD=Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery; LCX=Left Circumflex Coronary Artery; RCA=Right Coronary Artery.