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. 2012 Jul 30;10:31. doi: 10.1186/1476-7120-10-31

Table 3.

Single parameters selected as significant predictors of coronary stenosis in separate myocardial segments

Method Parameter Cut-off AUC (95 % CI) Sensitivity % (95 % CI) Specificity % (95 % CI) Accuracy % (95 % CI) Youden index
Basal inferoseptal segment
PW-DMI
T to S'stress
70.5
0.66* (0.54;0.78)
56.7 (37.4;74.5)
76.7 (68.1;83.9)
72.7 (64.8;79.6)
0.33
 
S'stress- S'rest
4.15
0.65* (0.53;0.76)
56.7 (37.4;74.5)
73.1 (64.2;80.8)
69.8 (61.7;77.0)
0.30
 
A'stress
12.3
0.64* (0.53;0.75)
46.7 (28.3;65.7)
81.4 (73.0;88.1)
74.1 (66.1;81.1)
0.28
CC-DMI
E'/A'rest
0.64
0.66* (0.55;0.76)
64.3 (44.1;81.4)
68.2 (58.6;76.7)
67.4 (58.9;75.1)
0.33
STI
E'stress
4.5
0.70* (0.58;0.83)
66.7 (44.7;84.4)
71.6 (61.0;80.7)
70.5 (61.2;78.8)
0.38
 
E'/A'stress
0.34
0.66* (0.52;0.80)
47.6 (25.7;70.2)
88.1 (79.2;94.1)
80.0 (71.1;87.2)
0.36
Mid inferoseptal segment
CC-DMI
PSIstress/SSstress
0.13
0.65* (0.54;0.77)
58.1 (39.1;75.5)
69.1 (59.6;77.6)
66.7 (58.2;74.4)
0.27
 
SSRstress - SSRrest
−0.21
0.64* (0.53;0.74)
74.2 (55.4;88.1)
55.9 (46.1;65.3)
59.9 (51.3;68.0)
0.30
Apical inferoseptal segment
STI
PSIrest/SSrest
−0.15
0.65*(0.54;0.76)
70.0 (50.6;85.3)
57.9 (48.3;67.1)
60.4 (51.9;68.5)
0.28
 
PSIrest
3.85
0.65*(0.54;0.76)
70.0 (50.6;85.3)
56.1 (46.5;65.4)
59.0 (50.5;67.1)
0.26
 
RSSRrest
1.95
0.63*(0.53;0.74)
90.0 (73.5;97.9)
34.2 (25.6;43.7)
45.8 (37.5;54.3)
0.24
Basal inferior segment
PW-DMI
S'stress
10.8
0.65* (0.53;0.76)
48.3 (29.4;67.5)
77.3 (68.7;84.5)
71.6 (63.6;78.7)
0.26
 
S'stress- S'rest
4.8
0.64* (0.53;0.75)
75.9 (56.5;89.7)
52.1 (42.8;61.3)
56.8 (48.4;64.9)
0.28
 
T to S'stress - T to S'rest
−45.5
0.64* (0.53;0.75)
62.1 (42.3;79.3)
65.5 (56.3;74.0)
64.9 (56.6;72.5)
0.28
 
(T to S'stress - T to S'rest)/T to S'rest
−0.44
0.66* (0.55;0.76)
69.0 (49.2;84.7)
58.0 (48.6;67.0)
60.1 (51.8;68.1)
0.27
 
E'rest
9.35
0.64* (0.54;0.74)
93.3 (77.9;99.2)
34.2 (25.8;43.4)
46.0 (37.8;54.3)
0.28
 
E'stress
7.53
0.72* (0.62;0.82)
72.4 (52.8;87.3)
66.1 (56.7;74.7)
67.4 (59.1;74.9)
0.39
CC-DMI
PSIstress/PSSstress
0.06
0.65* (0.52;0.78)
66.7 (44.7;84.4)
61.9 (51.4;71.5)
62.8 (53.6;71.4)
0.29
STI
SSrest
−13.0
0.65* (0.54;0.77)
41.4 (23.5;61.1)
88.7 (81.4;93.8)
79.2 (71.6;85.5)
0.30
Mid inferior segment
PW-DMI
T to S'stress - T to S'rest
−41.9
0.64* (0.53;0.75)
66.7 (47.2;82.7)
64.1 (54.7;72.8)
64.6 (56.3;72.3)
0.31
CC-DMI
SSstress
−14.5
0.66* (0.56;0.76)
75.0 (55.1;89.3)
55.8 (46.1;65.1)
59.6 (51.0;67.7)
0.31
STI
PSSRrest
−0.65
0.64* (0.52;0.76)
41.4 (23.5;61.1)
87.0 (79.4;92.5)
77.8 (70.1;84.3)
0.28
 
(PSIstress - PSIrest)/PSIrest
−0.08
0.67* (0.56;0.78)
48.3 (29.4;67.5)
81.3 (72.8;88.0)
74.5 (66.4;81.4)
0.30
Basal anterior segment
PW-DMI
S'stress
8.2
0.63* (0.52;0.74)
75.8 (57.7;88.9)
44.2 (34.9;53.9)
51.4 (43.0;59.7)
0.20
CC-DMI
S'stress
6.2
0.69* (0.59;0.79)
51.7 (32.5;70.6)
81.3 (72.8;88.0)
75.2 (67.2;82.1)
0.33
 
(PS'stress - PS'rest)/PS'rest
3.1
0.69* (0.54;0.84)
53.3 (26.6;78.7)
83.1 (71.0;91.6)
77.0 (65.8;86.0)
0.36
 
SSRstress
−2.4
0.65* (0.54;0.75)
80.0 (61.4;92.3)
52.7 (43.0;62.2)
58.5 (49.9;66.7)
0.33
STI
PSIstress - PSIrest
−5.5
0.64* (0.53;0.75)
40.0 (22.7;59.4)
87.3 (79.6;92.9)
77.1 (69.3;83.8)
0.27
 
PSSRrest
−1.1
0.68* (0.58;0.78)
80.0 (61.4;92.3)
47.4 (37.9;56.9)
54.2 (45.7;62.5)
0.27
 
PSSRstress - PSSRrest
−0.39
0.67* (0.56;0.78)
80.0 (61.4;92.3)
56.8 (47.0;66.1)
61.7 (53.1;69.8)
0.37
Basal inferolateral segment
PW-DMI
S'stress
12.1
0.65* (0.54;0.76)
70.4 (49.8;86.2)
57.3 (47.8;66.4)
59.7 (51.2;67.8)
0.28
 
E'stress
8.1
0.66* (0.53;0.78)
64.0 (42.5;82.0)
68.7 (59.4;77.0)
67.9 (59.4;75.5)
0.33
 
E'/A'stress
0.51
0.69* (0.57;0.80)
56.0 (34.9;75.6)
76.3 (67.4;83.8)
72.7 (64.5;79.9)
0.32
Mid inferolateral segment
CC-DMI
E'/A'rest
0.5
0.65* (0.54;0.76)
61.5 (40.6;79.8)
70.9 (61.5;79.2)
69.1 (60.6;76.8)
0.32
 
SSstress
−16.0
0.72* (0.62;0.82)
80.8 (60.6;93.4)
59.8 (50.1;69.0)
63.8 (55.2;71.8)
0.41
 
SSRstress
−1.4
0.68* (0.56;0.80)
64.0 (42.5;82.0)
71.2 (61.8;79.4)
69.9 (61.4;77.4)
0.35
Mid anteroseptal segment
PW-DMI
PS'stress - PS'rest
1.8
0.66* (0.55;0.76)
86.2 (68.3;96.1)
52.3 (42.5;62.1)
59.6 (50.8;67.9)
0.39
 
(PS'stress - PS'rest)/PS'rest
0.86
0.70* (0.58;0.82)
81.8 (59.7;94.8)
70.2 (59.3;79.7)
72.6 (63.1;80.9)
0.52
CC-DMI
E'stress
3.5
0.72* (0.61;0.83)
84.6 (65.1;95.6)
51.2 (39.9;62.4)
59.3 (49.4;68.6)
0.36
STI PSIstress/SSstress 0.14 0.64* (0.54;0.75) 67.9 (47.6;84.1) 59.0 (49.0;68.5) 60.9 (52.1;69.2) 0.27

P ≤ 0.025 for AUC > 0.5, * P < 0.05 compared with AUC of visual assessment 0.88; PW-DMI = pulsed wave Doppler myocardial imaging; CC-DMI = color coded Doppler myocardial imaging; STI = speckle tracking imaging; AUC = area under the curve; CI = confidence interval; S' = peak systolic velocity; PS' = peak post-systoloc velocity; E' = early diastolic wave; A' = late diastolic wave; SS = peak systolic strain, PSS = peak post-systolic strain; PSI = post-systolic index; SSR = systolic strain rate; PSSR = post-systolic strain rate; T = time; RSSR = radial systolic strain rate; RPSSR = radial post-systolic strain rate.