Table 2.

Summary of agreement between cardiologist and anesthesiologist

	EASy by cardiologist & FTTE by anesthesiologist	FTTE by cardiologist & EASy by anesthesiologist	Overall
Pericardial effusion
N	45	37	82
Gwet’s AC1 (95% CI):	0.97 (0.91 to 1.0)	1.0 (1.0 to 1.0)	0.98 (0.95 to 1.0)
Agree	44 (98%)	37 (100%)	81 (99%)
Present	7 (16%)	7 (19%)	14 (17%)
Not present	37 (84%)	30 (81%)	67 (83%)
RV size
N	45	37	82
Gwet’s AC1 (95% CI):	0.81 (0.65 to 0.97)	0.54 (0.24 to 0.83)	0.70 (0.54 to 0.85)
Agree	39 (87%)	27 (73.0%)	66 (80%)
Normal	34 (87%)	21 (78%)	55 (83%)
Enlarged	5 (13%)	6 (22%)	11 (17%)
RV contractility
N	45	37	82
Gwet’s AC1 (95% CI):	0.83 (0.68 to 0.98)	0.86 (0.71 to 1.00)	0.84 (0.74 to 0.95)
Agree	39 (87%)	32 (86%)	71 (87%)
Good	36 (92%)	29 (91%)	65 (91%)
Depressed	3 (8%)	3 (9%)	6 (8%)
Interventricular septum
N	45	37	82
Gwet’s AC1 (95% CI):	0.93 (0.84 to 1.0)	0.91 (0.79 to 1.0)	0.92 (0.85 to 0.99)
Agree	42 (93%)	34 (92%)	76 (93%)
No bounce	42 (100%)	33 (97%)	75 (99%)
Bounce	0 (0%)	1 (3%)	1 (1%)
LV size
N	45	37	82
Gwet’s AC1 (95% CI):	0.74 (0.54 to 0.94)	0.72 (0.50 to 0.94)	0.73 (0.58 to 0.88)
Agree	38 (84%)	30 (81%)	68 (83%)
Normal	29 (76%)	26 (87%)	55 (81%)
Enlarged	9 (24%)	4 (13%)	13 (19%)
LV contractility
N	45	37	82
Gwet’s AC1 (95% CI):	0.61 (0.37 to 0.85)	0.86 (0.70 to 1.0)	0.73 (0.58 to 0.88)
Agree	35 (78%)	34 (92%)	69 (84%)
Good	26 (74%)	25 (73%)	51 (74%)
Depressed	9 (26%)	9 (26%)	18 (22%)
Image quality
N	45	37	82
Weighted Gwet’s AC1 (95% CI):	0.26 (N/A to 0.55)	0.56 (0.34 to 0.78)	0.52 (0.38 to 0.67)
Agree	28 (62%)	25 (68%)	53 (65%)
Good	17 (61%)	12 (48%)	29 (55%)
Adequate	11 (39%)	13 (52%)	24 (45%)
Poor	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Unable to decipher	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

CI = confidence interval; EASy = echocardiographic assessment using subcostal only view; FTTE = focused transthoracic echocardiography; N/A = not calculable; RV = right ventricle; LV = left ventricle