22 December 2021 : Original article
Comparison of Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring with Dobutamine Stress Echo for Detection of Coronary Artery Disease Before Liver Transplantation
Cerise Kleb1ABDEF, Vardhmaan Jain1CE, Chirag Sheth2ABD, Kathy Wolski3CE, Samir Kapadia3EG, Richard Grimm3AB, Milind Desai3A, Amar Krishnaswamy3A, Nicholas Kassis1E, Calvin Sheng3E, Huili Zheng 4C, Jacek Cywinski5A, K.V. Narayanan Menon6A, Bijan Eghtesad6A, Teresa Diago Uso6A, Cristiano Quintini6A, Paul Schoenhagen 7AD, Serge C. Harb3A, Vikram Sharma8ACDEF, Maan Fares3ADEG*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) |