Table 5.

Sensitivity, Specificity, Positive and Negative Predictive Values and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of CMR Indices for the Detection of PH

	Sensitivity	Specificity	PPV	NPV	AUC
Cardiac morphology
RVEDV index ≥ 75 ml/m2	67	50	89	20	0.72*
RV mass index ≥ 20 g/m2	83	84	96	50	0.91*
VMI ≥ 0.4	81	88	97	50	0.91*
Late gadolinium enhancement	83	94	98	58	0.89*
Right heart functional indices
RVEF ≤ 35%	67	71	93	28	0.72*
RVSVI ≤ 30 ml/m2	70	47	89	21	0.68*
TAPSE ≤ 2 cm	76	64	92	32	0.75*
f-TAAD ≤ 25%	88	56	92	44	0.78*
SFD ≤ 1 cm	77	67	93	34	0.73*
f-SFD ≤ 25%	79	64	92	35	0.78*
RVRAC ≤ 30%	61	81	95	28	0.79*
sEI ≥ 1.2	65	61	90	24	0.72*
dEI ≥ 1.17	62	54	88	20	0.57
Phase contrast CMR
Average velocity ≤ 10 (cm/s)	82	62	94	32	0.80*
Retrograde flow ≥ 0.3 (L/min/m2)	83	71	95	38	0.84*
Retrograde flow (%)	73	56	87	34	0.75*
PA relative area change ≥ 15%	86	70	94	48	0.87*
Systolic PA area ≥ 8 cm2	74	67	92	32	0.77*
Diastolic PA area ≥ 6 cm2	88	66	94	52	0.82*

AUC (area under the curve) *p < 0.05.