Positive Predictive Value of the Thumb-Palm Test for General Population Screening of Ascending Aortic Aneurysm

In their recent study, Blumel et al 1 Blumel R Patel K Rizzo JA Mok S Barrett A Wu J Zafar MA Ziganshin BA Elefteriades JA. Accuracy of the “thumb-palm test” for detection of ascending aortic aneurysm. Am J Cardiol. 2021; 150: 114-116 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (4) Google Scholar reported low sensitivity (7.5%) but high specificity (98.5%) for the thumb-palm test in detecting ascending aortic aneurysm. Their hospital-based...