Table 3 Comparative incidence of the assessed categories of the A-F scheme. Analysis of compliance (Anaesthetist compared with Cardiologist)
A-F scheme category | Concordant answers | Non-concordant answers | Kappa | P(McNemar) | Sensitivity (Anaesthetist) [95 % CI] | Specificity (Anaesthetist) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
True positive | True negative | False negative | False positive | |||||
Proximal aorta > 4 cm | 7 (4.5 %) | 146 (94.2 %) | 2 (1.3 %) | 0 (0 %) | 0.8683 | 0.1573 | 77.8 % [45.3–93.7 %] | 100 % [97.4–100 %] |
LV global contractility impaired | 4 (2.6 %) | 143 (92.3 %) | 1 (0.65 %) | 7 (4.5 %) | 0.7815 | 0.0339 | 80 % [37.6–96.4 %] | 95.3 % [90.7–97.7 %] |
LV regional wall motion abnormalities | 6 (3.9 %) | 140 (90.3 %) | 0 (0 %) | 9 (5.8 %) | 0.5463 | 0.0027 | 100 % [61.0–100 %] | 94 % [88.9–96.8 %] |
LVEDD > 6 cm | 1 (0.65 %) | 152 (98.1 %) | 0 (0 %) | 2 (1.3 %) | 0.4951 | 0.1573 | 100 % [20.7–100 %] | 98.7 % [95.4–99.6 %] |
RVEDD > 4,2 cm | 4 (2.6 %) | 148 (95.5 %) | 1 (0.65 %) | 2 (1.3 %) | 0.7173 | 0.5637 | 80 % [37.6–96.4 %] | 98.7 % [95.3 – 99.6 %] |
LA diameter >4,5 cm | 12 (7.7 %) | 138 (89.0 %) | 2 (1.3 %) | 3 (1.9 %) | 0.8098 | 0.6547 | 85.7 % [60.0–96.0 %] | 97.9 % [93.9 –99.4 %] |
RA major diameter | 6 (3.9 %) | 146 (94.2 % | 3 (1.9 %) | 0 (0 %) | 0.7903 | 0.0833 | 66.7 % [35.4–91.0 %] | 100 % [97.4–100 %] |
RA minor diameter | 9 (5.8 %) | 141 (91.0 %) | 4 (2.6 %) | 1 (0.65 %) | 0.7655 | 0.1797 | 69,2 % [38,9–89,6 %] | 99,3 % [95,6 –100 %] |
Pericardial fluid | 4 (2.6 %) | 150 (96.8 %) | 1 (0.65 %) | 0 (0 %) | 0.8856 | 0.3157 | 80,0 % [29,9–98,9 %] | 100 [96,9–100 %] |
Pleural fluid | 2 (1.3 %) | 153 (98.7 %) | 0 (0 %) | 0 (0 %) | 1.000 | NA | 100 % [29,9–100 %] | 100 % [96,9–100 %] |
Valvular lesions | 39 (25.2 %) | 109 (70.3 %) | 2 (1.3 %) | 5 (3.2 %) | 0.8866 | 0.2568 | 88,6 % [74,6–95,7 %] | 98,2 % [93,0–99,7 %] |