Table 2

 Diagnostic accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) in predicting recovery of segmental function at six months after CABG

Sensitivity (%)Specificity (%)PPV (%)NPV (%)Accuracy (%)
95% confidence intervals are shown.
NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.
All segments77 (69 to 84)68 (60 to 75)66 (58 to 74)78 (71 to 85)72(66 to 78)
Akinetic60 (46 to 72)92 (83 to 96)82 (67 to 91)78 (69 to 85)79 (72 to 86)
Hypokinetic93 (84 to 97)33 (22 to 45)60 (50 to 69)82 (62 to 93)64 (55 to 73)
p Value0.001<0.0010.030.990.03