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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Electrocardiol. 2010 May 27;44(2):257–264. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.04.011

Table 3.

Diagnostic accuracy of the 6 electrocardiographic criteria for LAE as compared to CT-based LAE by LAV and LAVI.

LAV LAVI

Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Accuracy Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Accuracy
P duration >110 ms 71%(60/84) 55%(46/84) 61%(60/98) 66%(46/70) 63%(106/168) 61%(51/84) 55%(46/84) 57%(51/89) 58%(46/79) 58%(97/168)
P to PR segment ratio 81%(68/84) 27%(23/84) 53%(68/129) 59%(23/39) 54%(91/168) 81%(68/84) 21%(18/84) 51%(68/134) 53%(18/34) 51%(86/168)
P wave area >4 ms × mV 73%(61/84) 19%(16/84) 47%(61/129) 41%(16/39) 46%(77/168) 75%(63/84) 20%(17/84) 48%(63/130) 45%(17/38) 48%(80/168)
PTFV1 49%(41/84) 54%(45/84) 51%(41/80) 51%(45/88) 51%(86/168) 48%(40/84) 51%(43/84) 49%(40/81) 49%(43/87) 49%(83/168)
Bifid 19%(16/84) 85%(72/84) 57%(16/28) 51%(72/140) 53%(88/168) 19%(16/84) 86%(72/84) 57%(16/28) 51%(72/140) 52%(88/168)
Biphasic 26%(22/84) 76%(64/84) 52%(22/42) 51%(64/126) 51%(86/168) 26%(22/84) 77%(65/84) 54%(22/41) 51%(65/127) 52%(87/168)

Abbreviations as in Table 1 and 3. PPV denotes positive predictive value; and NPV, negative predictive value.