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. 2021 Jul 20;17(4):e294–e300. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00933

Table 3. Comparisons of diagnostic performance between different lesion and procedural characteristics.

Sensitivity (n/N) 95% CI p-value Specificity (n/N) 95% CI p-value
Main vessel LAD 92.6% (87/94) (85.1-96.4) 0.99 98.7% (78/79) (91.5-99.8) 0.05
LCx 100.0% (18/18) N/A 86.3% (44/51) (73.8-93.3)
RCA 92.3% (24/26) (73.5-98.1) 84.3% (43/51) (71.5-92.0)
Lesion location Proximal 90.4% (47/52) (78.8-96.0) 0.71 91.5% (43/47) (79.3-96.8) 0.12
Mid 94.4% (67/71) (85.8-97.9) 93.6% (102/109) (87.1-96.9)
Distal 100.0% (15/15) N/A 80.0% (20/25) (59.9-91.5)
Invasive FFR (FFRwire) Grey zone (0.75-0.85) 88.5% (46/52) (76.5-94.8) 0.08 85.1% (40/47) (71.8-92.8) 0.10
Beyond grey zone 96.5% (83/86) (89.6-98.9) 93.3% (125/134) (87.5-96.5)
Main branch/side branch Main branch 93.1% (122/131) (87.3-96.4) 0.97 92.2% (154/167) (87.0-95.4) 0.10
Side branch 100.0% (7/7) N/A 78.6% (11/14) (50.3-93.0)
Tortuosity Yes 100.0% (9/9) N/A 0.98 80.0% (4/5) (30.6-97.3) 0.39
No 92.7% (114/123) (86.5-96.2) 91.6% (152/166) (86.2-95.0)
Calcification Yes 87.1% (27/31) (70.0-95.1) 0.14 93.3% (28/30) (76.7-98.3) 0.66
No 95.0% (96/101) (88.6-97.9) 90.8% (128/141) (84.7-94.6)
FFR system Philips/Volcano 94.0% (63/67) (84.9-97.7) 0.16 93.8% (75/80) (85.6-97.3) 0.47
Abbott/St. Jude 95.2% (60/63) (85.5-98.4) 88.8% (79/89) (79.1-93.4)
Opsens 75.0% (6/8) (37.5-93.7) 91.7% (11/12) (59.0-98.8)
Injection type Intracoronary 96.6% (84/87) (89.7-98.9) 0.07 92.4% (122/132) (86.1-95.7) 0.30
Intravenous 88.2% (45/51) (74.8-94.3) 87.8% (43/49) (74.0-94.0)
CI: confidence interval; FFR: fractional flow reserve; LAD: left anterior descending artery; LCx: left circumflex artery; RCA: right coronary artery