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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2013 Feb 26;73(4):510–519. doi: 10.1002/ana.23837

Table 2.

Diagnostic accuracy of very low cerebral blood volume (VLCBV) for parenchymal hematoma (PH) and symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH).

PH Sens Spec PPV NPV LR AUC*
DEFUSE (n=69) 100% (66–100%) 72% (59–83%) 35% (17–56%) 100% (92–100%) 3.5 (2.4–5.3) 0.89 (0.80–0.97)
EPITHET-DEFUSE (all, n=163) 96% (78–100%) 61% (53–70%) 29% (19–40%) 99% (94–100%) 2.5 (2.0–3.1) 0.81 (0.74–0.88)
EPITHET-DEFUSE (excluding VLCBV regions that did not reperfuse n=144) 100% (79–100%) 78% (70–85%) 36% (22–52%) 100% (96–100%) 4.6 (3.3–6.3) 0.86 (0.80–0.93)
EPITHET-DEFUSE (excluding VLCBV regions that did not reperfuse in tPA group only n=101) 100% (74–100%) 83% (74–90% 44% (25–65%) 100% (95–100%) 5.9 (3.7–9.4) 0.90 (0.83–0.96)

sICH (SITS) Sens Spec PPV NPV LR AUC*

DEFUSE (n=69) 100% (40–100%) 66% (53–77%) 15 (4.4–35%) 100% (92–100%) 3.0 (2.1–4.2) 0.89 (0.77–1.0)
EPITHET-DEFUSE (all, n=163) 88% (47–100% 55% (47–63%) 9.2% (3.8–18.1%) 99% (94–100%) 2.0 (1.4–2.7) 0.75 (0.63–0.88)
EPITHET-DEFUSE (excluding VLCBV regions that did not reperfuse n=144) 100% (29–100% 71% (63–78%) 6.8% (1.4–19%) 100% (96–100%) 3.4 (2.7–4.5) 0.91 (0.83–0.99)
EPITHET-DEFUSE (excluding VLCBV regions that did not reperfuse in tPA group only n=101) 100% (29–100%) 76% (66–84%) 11% (2.4–29%) 100% (95–100%) 4.1 (2.9–5.8) 0.94 (0.88–1.0)

Sens: Sensitivity, Spec: Specificity, PPV: Positive Predictive Value, NPV: Negative Predictive Value, LR: Likelihood ratio with 95% confidence intervals, using VLCBV>2mL dichotomy reported with 95% confidence interval, AUC: area under curve *using VLCBV as a continuous variable. sICH SITS definition (PH2 + ≥4 point NIHSS deterioration)