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. 2014 Aug 6;5:291. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00291

Table 1.

Studies performed with dobutamine stress CMR for the detection of CAD by inducible wall motion abnormalities.

Study Stressor(s) Number of patients MR-scanner Definition of relevant stenosis (%) Sensitivity (%) with 95%CI Specificity (%) with 95%CI
Hundley et al., 1999 Dobutamine/Atropin 41 GE 1.5T >50 83 (86–93) 83 (36–100)
Jahnke et al., 2006 Dobutamine 40 Philips 1.5T ≥50 83 (51–97) 89 (71–97)
Nagel et al., 1999 Dobutamine 172 Philips 1.5T ≥50 86 (78–92) 86 (75–93)
Paetsch et al., 2004 Dobutamine/Atropin 79 Philips 1.5T >50 89 (77–96) 81 (61–93)
Paetsch et al., 2006 Dobutamine 150 Philips 1.5T ≥50 78 (67–87) 88 (78–94)
Pennell et al., 1992 Dobutamine 25 Picker 0.5T ≥50 91 (71–99) 100 (29–100)
Rerkpattanapipat et al., 2003 Exercise 27 GE 1.5T >70 79 (49–95) 85 (55–98)
Schalla et al., 2002 Dobutamine 22 Philips 1.5T >75 81 (54–96) 83 (36–100)
van Rugge et al., 1993 Dobutamine 45 Philips 1.5T >50 81 (65–92) 100 (63–100)
van Rugge et al., 1994 Dobutamine 39 Philips 1.5T ≥50 91 (76–98) 83 (36–100)
Pooled data Dobutamine ± Atropin 680 ≥50–75 85 (82–90) 86 (81–91)