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Table 3 Mean preferred category of treatment (score of 1 = definite surgery and 5 = definite medical therapy, see methods section) and agreement of voting between rounds for all specialists (weighted Kappa,) for each of the six case scenarios

From: Variations in clinical decision-making between cardiologists and cardiac surgeons; a case for management by multidisciplinary teams?

 

Mean preferred treatment category

Kappa (round 1 vs round 2)

 

Round 1

Round 2

 

Patient A

2.8

3.3

0.47

Patient B

1.3

1.2

0.22

Patient C

2.4

2.9

0.24

Patient D

1.2

1.3

0.15

Patient E

3.5

3.8

0.59

Patient F

2.7

1.7

0.51