Table 1.

CTA, CEUS and SWE diagnostic performance

	Vulnerable plaques	Stable plaques	Sensitivity (95% CI)	Specificity (95% CI)	PPV (95% CI)	NPV (95% CI)	AUC (95% CI)
CTA
Positive	27	0	87.1% (70.2–96.4%)	100% (73.5–100%)	100% (87.2–100%)	75% (47.6–92.7%)	93.5% (87.6–99.5%)
Negative	4	12
SWE
Positive	27	4	87.1% (70.2–96.4%)	66.7% (34.9–90.1%)	87.1% (70.2–96.4%)	66.7% (34.9–90.1%)	76.9% (61.7–92.0%)
Negative	4	8
CEUS
Positive	27	5	87.1% (70.2–96.4%)	58.3% (27.7–84.8%)	84.4% (67.2–94.7%)	63.6% (30.8–89.1%)	72.7% (57.0–88.5%)
Negative	4	7