Direct comparison of cardiovascular magnetic resonance and single-photon emission computed tomography for detection of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To use direct comparative studies or randomised controlled trials to compare the accuracy of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for the detection of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD).

Materials and methods

Various databases were searched for original articles published prior to June 2013. Studies were selected that performed both CMR and SPECT in the same or randomised patients to detect CAD and that presented sufficient data to allow construction of contingency tables. For each study, the true-positive, false-positive, true-negative, and false-negative values were extracted or derived, and 2 × 2 contingency tables were constructed. To reduce heterogeneity, the meta-analysis was carried out in two parts:

SUBMITTER: Chen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3919767 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature