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Figure 11 Comparison of Diagnostic Accuracy of Dobutamine Echocardiography and Nuclear Imaging
Sensitivity and specificity (A) and positive (PPV) and negative (NPV) (B) predictive value for predicting improvement in left ventricular function obtained by a direct comparison of dobutamine echocardiography (DE) and nuclear imaging (Nucl) of 325 patients in 11 studies. In each study, the same patients underwent both tests at the same medical center. Figure developed from data of Bax et al. (58), with permission.
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