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. 2005 May 21;11(19):2945–2948. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i19.2945

Table 2.

Impact of indirect imaging tools on diagnosis of posttransplant biliary strictures.

Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) PPV (%) NPV (%)
US-biliary congestion all 63.9 91.0 92.0 60.6
-biliary congestion AST 68.4 91.0 86.7 76.9
-biliary congestion ITBL 58.8 91.0 83.3 74.1
US-biliary stenosis 0 0 0 0
US-concomitant biliary stones all 22.0 97.0 66.7 82.5
-stones AST 0 97 0 91.7
-stones ITBL 0 97 0 94
CT-biliary congestion all 63.6 57.1 70.0 50.0
-biliary congestion AST 40.0 57.1 40.0 57.1
-biliary congestion ITBL 83.3 57.1 62.5 80.0
CT-biliary stenosis 10 0 0 43.75
CT-concomitant biliary stones 0 0 0 0
MR-biliary congestion all 83.3 25.0 83.3 25.0
-biliary congestion AST 71.4 25.0 62.5 33.3
-biliaty congestion ITBL 88.9 25.0 72.7 50.0
MR-biliary stenosis 38.9 75 87.5 21.4
MR-correct localisation of stenosis 22 75 80 17.6
MR-concomitant biliary stones all 33.0 94 50 89
-stones AST 0 94
-stones ITBL 0 94

PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.