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. 2022 Jun 16;43(33):3118–3128. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac286

Table 2.

Diagnostic performance of single-photon emission computed tomography, positron emission tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging for the detection of fractional flow reserve-defined significant coronary artery disease

% (95% CI)
SPECT PET MRI
Per patient
 Sensitivity 67 (58–76) 81 (72–87) 66 (56–75)
 Specificity 61 (48–72) 65 (53–76) 62 (49–74)
 PPV 74 (68–80) 80 (74–85) 75 (68–81)
 NPV 53 (45–60) 66 (57–75) 51 (43–59)
 Accuracy 65 (58–72) 75 (68–81) 64 (57–72)
 AUC 0.66 (0.58–0.73) 0.80 (0.73–0.86) 0.67 (0.59–0.74)
Per vessel
 Sensitivity 60 (52–67) 73 (66–79) 44 (35–52)
 Specificity 70 (66–75) 69 (64–73) 82 (77–86)
 PPV 49 (44–54) 53 (49–58) 53 (46–60)
 NPV 78 (75–81) 84 (80–87) 75 (73–78)
 Accuracy 67 (63–71) 70 (66–74) 70 (65–73)
 AUC 0.66 (0.62–0.70) 0.76 (0.72–0.79) 0.66 (0.62–0.70)

AUC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; CI, confidence interval; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; NPV, negative predictive value; PET, positron emission tomography; PPV, positive predictive value; and SPECT, single-photon emission computed tomography.