RPVI Exam Vascular Physics Case Review.pdf - VascularWeb

Q28: Question
Scary hospital vascular lab is validating their testing procedure predicting
common carotid artery disease. The following results were obtained relative to
the “gold standard”:
‣ For the 71 times the test predicted disease, the test matched the gold
standard 51 times.
‣ For the 179 times the test predicted no disease, the test matched the gold
standard 160 times
For this test, statistically which is most likely
A) to claim that a patient does not have disease when they do
B) to be incorrect when positive for disease
C) To incorrectly claim that a patient has disease when they do not
D) To be incorrect when negative for disease