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Table 2 Diagnostic performance of various parameters

From: Combined PET/CT with thoracic contrast-enhanced CT in assessment of primary cardiac tumors in adult patients

Feature

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Positive predictive value (%)

Negative predictive value (%)

Accuracy (%)

PET/CT alone*

94

79

73

96

85

Thoracic CECT alone

82

83

74

89

83

Combined two modalities

94

93

89

96

93

SUVgluc cutoff

     

 > 5.7

82

100

100

91

93

SUVmax cutoff

     

 > 4.9

82

100

100

91

93

 > 5.2 [28]

82

100

100

91

93

 > 3.5 [4]

94

79

73

96

85

Combined two modalities with cutoff > 4.9

94

100

100

97

98

  1. *The diagnostic cutoff is according to Rahbar et al.[4]