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From: Understanding cardiac systolic performance beyond left ventricular ejection fraction

Table 1. Comparison of LVEF as measured by different non-invasive imaging methods, reported mean difference and agreement

	Echo 3D vs. CMR	SPECT vs. CMR	MDCT vs. CMR	Echo3D vs. SPECT
Mannaerts et al. 2003 [6]	MD 1.8% ± 11.6%
Persson et al. 2005 [7]		MD 4% ± 7% (P < 0.001)
Belge et al. 2006 [8]			MD 1% ± 21% (P = NS) r = 0.95; P < 0.001
Soliman et al. 2008 [9]	MD 0.2% ± 6.2%
Beitner et al. 2019 [10]	MD 0.56% ± 15%	MD 0.75% ± 10%		1.3% ± 20%
	ICC 0.71	ICC 0.89		ICC 0.51
	β = 0.72, P = 0.003	β = 0.90, P < 0.001

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Echo2D: bidimensional echocardiography; Echo3D: three dimensional echocardiography; MDCT: gated multidetector row computed tomography; MD: mean difference; NS: not significant; r: correlation index; ICC: intraclass correlation coefficient

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