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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 29.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011 Feb 24;28(2):303–312. doi: 10.1007/s10554-011-9820-7

Table 8.

Sensitivity and specificity of “interpretable” MRA according to quality of vascular opacification

Quartile of vascular opacification score (min, max) Reference PE and MR PE Reference PE and MR No PE Reference no PE and MR no PE Reference no PE and MR PE Sensitivity Specificity
n n n n P (95% CI) P (95% CI)
Sensitivity and specificity by quartile of opacification score
1 (0,0) 21 3 33 1 0.88 (0.68–0.97) 0.97 (0.85–1.00)
2 (1,1) 14 1 33 1 0.93 (0.68–1.00) 0.97 (0.85–1.00)
3 (2,3) 22 2 28 1 0.92 (0.73–0.99) 0.97 (0.82–1.00)
4 (4,6) 8 0 7 1 1.00 (0.63–1.00) 0.88 (0.47–1.00)
Sensitivity and specificity by quartile of opacification score with MRAs with major motion artifacts and major wrap artifacts removed
1 (0,0) 20 3 32 1 0.87 (0.66–0.97) 0.97 (0.84–1.00)
2 (1,1) 13 1 32 1 0.93 (0.66–1.00) 0.97 (0.84–1.00)
3 (2,3) 20 1 21 1 0.95 (0.76–1.00) 0.95 (0.77–1.00)
4 (4,6) 5 0 5 0 1.00 (0.48–1.00) 0.83 (0.36–1.00)