High Diagnostic Accuracy of Long-Term Electrocardiogram Interpretation by General Practitioners
Table 2
Diagnostic utilities for detection of arrhythmias (all defined types) versus no arrhythmias of long-term ECG recordings by the automatic algorithm system and by general practitioners.
Sensitivity
Specificity
Positive predictive value
Negative predictive value
Accuracy
Value
95% CI
Value
95% CI
Value
95% CI
Value
95% CI
Value
95% CI
Interpretation by the automatic algorithm system
100%
54-100%
75%
19-99%
86%
42-100%
100%
29-100%
90%
56-100%
Interpretation by general practitioners (GPs)
98%
95-99%
75%
68-82%
85%
81-89%
96%
91-99%
89%
85-92%
Atrial fibrillation/flutter, ventricular tachycardia, and supraventricular tachycardia.