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Table 4 Sensitivity and specificity of the conventional stethoscope and the Doppler Phonolyser for detection of the most common congenital heart defects in our study population

From: Evaluation of the heart sounds in children using a Doppler Phonolyser

 

Hearing

Phonolyser

PDA

VSD

ASD

Small ASD

TOF

MR

PDA

VSD

ASD

Small ASD

TOF

MR

SENSE

100%

100%

74.2%

48.4%

100%

97.4%

94.1%

98.4%

46.8%

22.6%

100%

98.3%

SPE

95%

95%

95%

95%

95%

95%

69.1%

69.1%

69.1%

69.1%

69.1%

69.1%

PPV

45.9%

61.2%

53.5%

27.3%

20%

73.8%

11.6%

20.1%

10.5%

2.8%

3.9%

31.7%

NPV

100%

100%

97.9%

97.9%

100%

99.7%

99.6%

99.8%

94.3%

95.8%

100%

99.6%

LR+ 

19.92

19.92

14.77

9.63

18.79

19.4

3.04

3.018

1.51

0.73

3.23

3.17

LR−

0

0

0.27

0.54

0

0.02

0.08

0.023

0.77

1.12

0

0.02