Table 3

Diagnostic performance of PSAX-view and four-views echocardiographic diagnostic approach for AAOCA

Echocardiographic methodsAUC95% CISensitivitySpecificityLR+LR-PPVNPV
PSAX-view approach0.89(0.83, 0.95)83%96%50.1779.596.6
Four-views approach0.96(0.92, 0.99)93%99%200.0695.698.7
  • Results of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves analysis.

  • AAOCA, anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries; AUC, area under the curve; LR, likelihood ratio; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.