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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 22.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep. 2015 Jun 17;8(8):29. doi: 10.1007/s12410-015-9344-y

Table 1.

Direct Comparison of Diagnostic Accuracy by CCTA and Stress Testing for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients

Test N Sensitivity Specificity Positive predictive value Negative predictive value
CCTA
SPECT, stenosis>50% [26]
381 91%
62%
74%
67%
83%
73%
85%
55%
CCTA
SPECT, stenosis>70% [26]
381 94%
71%
60%
67%
55%
73%
82%
73%
CCTA
SPECT, stenosis>50% [83]
122 98.9%
56%
74.2%
38.7%
91.8%
72.9%
95.8%
23%
CCTA
SPECT, stenosis>70% [83]
122 89.7%
57.7%
86.4%
43.2%
92.1%
64.3%
82.6%
36.5%
CCTA
SPECT [84]
58 100%
59%
81%
48%
NA NA
CCTA
SPECT [85]
47 100%
69%
73%
36%
92%
78%
100%
27%
CCTA
SPECT [86]
254 97.1%
81.8%
54.2%
32.4%
90.3%
74.2%
81.3%
42.9%
CCTA
XECG [87]
62 100%
78%
87%
67%
96%
89%
100%
47%
CCTA
XECG [88]
80 91%
73%
83%
31%
98%
67%
91%
65%
CCTA
XECG [89]
98 96%
71%
37%
76%
67%
80%
88%
66%
CCTA
XECG [90]
100 96%
71%
84%
38%
70%
32%
98%
77%
CCTA
XECG [91]
177 100%
46.2%
98.7%
16.6%
92.9%
8.7%
100%
64.1%

CCTA: Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography; CAD: Coronary Artery Disease; XECG: exercise electrocardiography.