Approach
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False negatives, % (missed diagnoses)
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Sensitivity, %
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Specificity, %
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PPV, %
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NPV, %
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SDE at rest and during exercise
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1
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96
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82
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68
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98
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N = 76
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DETECT algorithm
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4
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96
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48
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35
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98
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N = 319
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DETECT algorithm with
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15
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85
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72
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47
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94
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65 % specificity at step 2
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N = 319
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DETECT data with algorithm from
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ESC/ERS guidelines*
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29
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71
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69
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40
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89
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N = 371
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PPV positive predictive value (confirmed pulmonary arterial hypertension out of all right heart catheterization referrals), NPV negative predictive value, SDE stress Doppler echocardiography, ESC/ERS European Society of Cardiology/European Respiratory Society
- Adaptation of the table provided by Coghlan et al. [11] in the DETECT study
- *Evaluated on a subset of patients from DETECT study (n = 371) with available data for the variables defined in the guideline
- Criteria were the following: (a) tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity >3.4 m/s or (b) tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity >2.8 to ≤ 3.4 m/s AND symptomatic (defined as at least one of the following DETECT parameters: current anginal pain, current syncope/near syncope, current dyspnoea, or presence of peripheral oedema) or (c) tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity ≤2.8 m/s AND symptomatic (defined as above) AND presence of additional echocardiography variables suggestive of pulmonary hypertension (defined as right atrium area >16 cm2 or ratio of right ventricular diameter/left ventricular end diastolic diameter >0.8 or both)