Table 2

Contingency tables of patent coronary artery bypass graft at angiography versus detection of coronary bypass flow at transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in the study and in the test population

EchoIMA (n=39)SVG to LAD (n=8)SVG to RCA (n=33)SVG to Cx (n=22)
OpenOccludedOpenOccludedOpenOccludedOpenOccluded
A. Study population (n=45)
Open3706017392
Occluded02114956
Concordance100%87.5%79%68%
Doppler identification of open grafts100%86%81%64%
B.Test population (n=84)
Open590100483355
Occluded0315215416
Concordance100%94%93%85%
Doppler identification of open grafts100%91%96%90%
  • Cx, circumflex coronary artery; IMA, internal mammary artery; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; RCA, right coronary artery; SVG, saphenous vein graft.