TABLE 5

Image Interpretation by Conventional and Systolic Images Based on Baseline SSS

Accuracy
Patient groupUnchanged*Conventional imagesSystolic imagesP
All patients (n = 603)499 (82.8%)393 (65.2%)487 (80.8%)<0.001
SSS ≤ 8 (n = 481)377 (78.4%)282 (58.6%)376 (78.2%)<0.001
SSS > 8 (n = 122)122 (100%)111 (91%)111 (91%)
  • *Result of interpretation was not altered by systolic images from normal to abnormal or abnormal to normal, normal study = SSS < 4 and SDS < 2, P value < 0.05 = statistically significant.

  • Values are n, with percentages in parentheses.