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. 2016 Jan 14;46(1):48–55. doi: 10.4070/kcj.2016.46.1.48

Table 2. Accuracy of predicting intimal tear site with computed tomography findings.

Reviewer Specialty and experience Overall accuracy (%) Tear in the ascending aorta Tear in the arch Tear only in descending aorta (retrograde dissection)
Sensitivity
(%)
Specificity
(%)
Sensitivity
(%)
Specificity
(%)
Sensitivity
(%)
Specificity
(%)
No. 1 CV radiologist for 11 years 86 96.9 72.2 81.1 100 42.9 100
No. 2 CV radiologist for 8 years 86 87.5 88.9 66.7 90.6 71.4 100
No. 3 CV radiologist for 2 years 88 100 77.8 50 100 71.4 100
No. 4 Operating surgeon<30 cases 76 71.9 100 66.7 93.8 100 83.7
No. 5 Assisting surgeon<20 cases 78 84.4 88.9 72.2 90.6 85.7 97.7
No. 6 Assisting surgeon<20 cases 82 96.9 83.3 50 100 85.7 95.3
No. 7 Assisting surgeon<10 cases 64 78.1 72.2 50 84.4 42.9 97.7
No. 1-3 Radiologists 86.7±1.2 94.8±6.5 79.6±8.5 65.9±15.6 96.9±5.4 61.9±16.5 100±0
No. 4-7 Surgeons 75.0±7.7 82.8±10.7 86.1±11.6 59.7±11.5 92.2±6.5 78.6±24.7 93.6±6.7
No. 1-7 All 80.0±8.3 88.0±10.6 83.3±10.2 62.4±12.5 94.2±6.1 71.4±21.8 96.3±5.8

Data are expressed as % or mean±standard deviation. CV: cardiovascular