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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Nephrol. 2018 Jun 4;33(9):1593–1599. doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-3983-6

Table 3.

Imaging of Renal Arteries

Imaging Technique Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) PPV (%) NPV (%)
Angiography (Gold Standard) 100 (31/31) 100 (16/16) 100 (31/31) 100 (16/16)
US 28 (7/28)
p = 0.003
100 (13/13)
p = 0.6
100 (7/7)
p = 0.6
41.9 (13/31)
p = 0.06
MRA 62.5 (5/8)
p = 0.3
100 (1/1)
p = 0.8
100 (5/5)
p = 0.6
40 (2/5)
p = 0.2
CTA 84.2 (16/19)
p = 0.4
70 (7/10)
p = 0. 4
84.2(16/19)
p = 0.4
70 (7/10)
p = 0.4
*

p values are obtained from a comparison with Angiography

PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, US ultrasound, MRA magnetic resonance angiography, CTA computed tomography angiography