Diagnostic accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography in the detection of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis study
Elkaryoni A, Abu‐Sheasha G, Altibi A, Hassan A, Ellakany K, Nanda N. Diagnostic accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography in the detection of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis study. Echocardiography 2019, 36: 528-536. PMID: 30726558, DOI: 10.1111/echo.14268.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDetecting cardiac allograft vasculopathyAccuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiographyCardiac allograft vasculopathyDobutamine stress echocardiographyDiagnostic accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiographyHeart transplant recipientsStress echocardiographyAllograft vasculopathyArea under curveTransplant recipientsDiagnostic accuracySensitivity of dobutamine stress echocardiographyEarly CAVOdds ratioSummary receiver operating characteristic analysisDetection of cardiac allograft vasculopathyHierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic analysisIntravascular ultrasoundCochrane Central Register of Controlled TrialsCentral Register of Controlled TrialsReceiver operating characteristic analysisCohort of patientsDiagnostic odds ratioNegative likelihood ratioPositive likelihood ratio