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) | |||
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Sensitivity (%) |
Specificity (%) |
Sensitivity (%) |
Specificity (%) |
Sensitivity (%) |
Specificity (%) |
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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