Table 3.
Efficacy of Pulmonary artery measurements from non-contrastCT scans for predictingthe presence of pulmonaryarterial hypertension.
| Author Reference | PAH cases | Normal Controls | PT size -Abnl -Cut off -normal |
P value | Sensitivity | Specificity | MPA x abnl/normals | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuriyama (31) | 32 | 26 | - 28.6 - |
.001 | ||||
| Frank (32) | 23 | 8 | .02 | 18±3 12±1 |
<.008 | |||
| Murray (33) | 12 | 8 | 36±8mm - 29±3mm |
.02 | 28±7mm 17±2mm |
<.0001 | ||
| Edwards (34) | 12 | 100 | 35±3mm 33 27±3mm |
<.01 | .58 | .95 | ||
| Sanal (35) | 51 (Echo) | 139 | - 28.6mm - |
.75 | .75 | |||
| Beiderlinden (36) | 95 Acute PH | 8 | - 29±4mm - |
<.001 | .54 | .63 | ||
| Zisman (37) | 65 PAH | 257 | 33±3.7 - 31±3.7 |
.19 | 18±3mm 17±3mm |
<.29 | ||
| Ghanem (38) | 19 PAH | 18 | 27±9mm - 25±8mm |
.39 | ||||
| Linguraru (39) | 20 (SCD) | 20 | 34±7mm - 27±3mm |
<.001 | ||||
| Tan (40) | 36 | 9 | 35±6mm mm 29 27±2mm |
.87 | .89 |
Key for abbreviations: Abnl-Abnormal, -MPAindex-Main pulmonary artery Index, PAH-Pulmonary arterial hypertension, Echo-Echocardiography, PH-pulmonary hypertension, SCD-Sickle Cell Disease