Measures of accuracy and performance of diagnostic tests

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Drobatz, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Diagnostic test; Likelihood ratio; Predictive values; Receiver operating curve; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEART DISEASES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 65649112804     PISSN: 17602734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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