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Table 4 Diagnostic accuracy of CTR = 51% for detecting abnormal cardiac MRI parameters by Receiver operating characteristic analysis

From: Limitations of cardiothoracic ratio derived from chest radiographs to predict real heart size: comparison with magnetic resonance imaging

MRI parameter

AUC

Sensitivity, %

Specificity, %

False-negative, %

False-positive, %

LVEDVi

0.704 [0.646–0.761]

53.4 (79/148)

77.6 (125/161)

46.6 (69/148)

22.4 (36/161)

LVEF

0.669 [0.607–0.731]

44.6 (91/204)

77.1 (81/105)

55.4 (113/204)

22.9 (24/105)

Indexed LVmass

0.665 [0.590–0.739]

57.1 (40/70)

68.6 (164/239)

42.9 (30/70)

31.4 (75/239)

RVEDVi

0.719 [0.640–0.798]

67.9 (36/53)

69.1 (177/256)

32.1 (17/53)

30.9 (79/256)

RVEF

0.657 [0.590–0.723]

52.7 (58/109)

71.4 (142/200)

47.3 (52/109)

28.6 (57/200)

  1. Values in parentheses are the numbers for percentage calculation. Values in brackets are 95% confidence intervals. MRI magnetic resonance imaging, AUC area under the curve, LVEDVi left ventricular indexed end-diastolic volume, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LV left ventricle, RVEDVi right ventricular indexed end-diastolic volume, RVEF right ventricular ejection fraction