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Table 2 Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy, and confirmatory or conflicting data of the main ultrasound techniques presented in Table 1.

From: Doppler echocardiography and myocardial dyssynchrony: a practical update of old and new ultrasound technologies

Technique

Parameter

Sensitivity

Specificity

Accuracy

Confirmatory/conflicting data

M-mode

SPWMD

100

63

85

Conflicting

M-mode and PW Doppler

LWPSD

-

-

-

-

PW-Tissue Doppler

Diff. of Ts between LV segments

92

92

-

-

TVI

Ts-SD

100

100

100

Confirmatory/Conflicting

TSI

Ts-SD

87

81

84

 

SRI

TPS-SD

-

-

-

-

SRI

ExcT

-

-

-

-

2D radial strain

Time diff. peak septal-to-posterior wall strain

89

83

-

-

Triplane echo

Ts-SD

91

85

-

-

  1. Abbreviations as in Table 1