Evidence-Based cardiology: Practical applications from epidemiology. III. Diagnostic capacity of a clinical test

Juan Pablo Rodríguez-Escudero; Francisco López-Jiménez; Jorge F. Trejo-Gutiérrez

Evidence-Based cardiology: Practical applications from epidemiology. III. Diagnostic capacity of a clinical test

Juan Pablo Rodríguez-Escudero, Francisco López-Jiménez, Jorge F. Trejo-Gutiérrez

Cardiovascular Medicine

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Abstract

This article reviews different characteristics of validity in a clinical diagnostic test. In particular, we emphasize the likelihood ratio as an instrument that facilitates the use of epidemiologic concepts in clinical diagnosis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	261-266
Number of pages	6
Journal	Archivos de Cardiologia de Mexico
Volume	81
Issue number	3
State	Published - Jul 2011

Keywords

Diagnosis
Diagnostic test
EUA
Likelihood ratio
Sensitivity
Specificity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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