22 December 2021>: Original Paper
Comparison of Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring with Dobutamine Stress Echo for Detection of Coronary Artery Disease Before Liver Transplantation
Cerise Kleb 1ABDEF , Vardhmaan Jain 1CE , Chirag Sheth 2ABD , Kathy Wolski 3CE , Samir Kapadia 3EG , Richard Grimm 3AB , Milind Desai 3A , Amar Krishnaswamy 3A , Nicholas Kassis 1E , Calvin Sheng 3E , Huili Zheng 4C , Jacek Cywinski 5A , K.V. Narayanan Menon 6A , Bijan Eghtesad 6A , Teresa Diago Uso 6A , Cristiano Quintini 6A , Paul Schoenhagen 7AD , Serge C. Harb 3A , Vikram Sharma 8ACDEF* , Maan Fares 3ADEG**DOI: 10.12659/AOT.934163
Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e934163
Table 2 Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive value of dobutamine stress echocardiography vs coronary artery calcium score (head-to-head-comparison).
Sensitivity | Specificity | |
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DSE (n=36) | 0.571 (0.184 to 0.901) | 0.897 (0.727 to 0.978) |
CACS with 100 as cutoff (n=36) | 0.714 (0.290 to 0.963) | 0.621 (0.423 to 0.793) |
CACS with 400 as cutoff (n=36) | 0.571 (0.184 to 0.901) | 0.862 (0.683 to 0.961) |