Table 3.

The results of the statistical analyses

Findings	Sensitivity				Sensitivity specificity				Positive predictive value (PPV)				Negative predictive value (NPV)
	TTE (%)	TEE (%)	CT (%)	All (%)	TTE (%)	TEE (%)	CT (%)	All (%)	TTE (%)	TEE (%)	CT (%)	All (%)	TTE (%)	TEE (%)	CT (%)	All (%)
Abscessa	36	45	81	100	95	92	90	83	66	62	69	61	85	86	95	100
Infiltrateb	26	53	46	73	92	94	100	94	57	80	100	84	76	83	82	90
Perforationc	37	75	43	81	82	79	89	75	54	66	70	65	70	85	74	88
Leakd	100	100	88	–	100	100	100	–	100	100	100	–	100	100	75	–
Vegetatione	82	97	89	100	57	42	71	36	84	82	89	81	53	85	71

^aTTE (p = 0.003; κ = 0.38); TEE (p = 0.002; κ = 0.42); CT (p < 0.001; κ = 0.67); all (p < 0.001; κ = 0.67)

^bTTE (p = 0.07; κ = 0.22); TEE (p < 0.001; κ = 0.53); CT (p < 0.001; κ = 0.55); all = TEE + CT (p < 0.001; κ = 0.70)

^cTTE (p = 0.13; κ = 0.21); TEE (p < 0.001; κ = 0.52); CT (p = 0.01; κ = 0.36); all (p < 0.001; κ = 0.54)

^dTTE/TEE (p < 0.001; κ = 1); CT (p = 0.007; κ = 0.79)

^eTTE (p = 0.005; κ = 0.38); TEE (p < 0.001; κ = 0.47); CT (p < 0.001; κ = 0.61); all = TEE + CT (p < 0.001; κ = 0.45)