Table 1.

Summary of published literature regarding diagnostic accuracy of PET MPI

Author	Stress agent	Patients	Women	Prior CAD	PET Radiotracer	Sens	Spec	PPV	NPV	Accuracy
Sampson*98	Dipyridamole, adenosine,  dobutamine	102	0.42	0	82Rb	0.93	0.83	0.80	0.94	0.87
Bateman103	Dipyridamole	112	0.46	0.25	82Rb	0.87	0.93	0.95	0.81	0.89
Marwick130	Dipyridamole + Hand grip	74	0.19	0.49	82Rb	0.90	1	1	0.36	0.91
Grover-McKay131	Dipyridamole + Hand grip	31	0.01	0.13	82Rb	1	0.73	0.80	1	0.87
Stewart57	Dipyridamole	81	0.36	0.42	82Rb	0.83	0.86	0.94	0.64	0.84
Go127	Dipyridamole	202	NR	0.47	82Rb	0.93	78	0.93	0.80	0.90
Demer34	Dipyridamole	193	0.26	0.34	82Rb/13NH3	83	0.95	0.98	0.60	0.85
Tamaki99	Supine Bike	51	NR	0.75	13NH3	0.98	1	1	0.75	0.98
Gould33	Dipyridamole + Hand grip	31	NR	NR	82Rb/13NH3	0.95	1	1	0.90	0.97
Weighted summary		877	0.29	0.35		0.90	0.89	0.94	0.73	0.90

Sens, Sensitivity; Spec, specificity; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.

^*Study using PET/CT (where CT is used for attenuation correction only). Adapted with permission from Di Carli MF et al.⁶