Using ensemble of ensemble machine learning methods to predict outcomes of cardiac resynchronization.

Introduction: The efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been widely studied in the medical literature; however, about 30% of candidates fail to respond to this treatment strategy. Smart computational approaches based on clinical data can help expose hidden patterns useful for ident...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Vol. 32; no. 9; pp. 2504 - 2515
Main Authors: Cai, Cheng, Tafti, Ahmad P., Ngufor, Che, Zhang, Pei, Xiao, Peilin, Dai, Mingyan, Liu, Hongfang, Noseworthy, Peter, Chen, Minglong, Friedman, Paul A., Cha, Yong‐Mei
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2021
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=152421952&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 152421952
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        10453873
        GSB
      jtl: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
      issn: 10453873
      maglogo: Y
    pubinfo:
      dt: Sep2021
      vid: 32
      iid: 9
      pid: 480
      pub: Wiley-Blackwell
      place: Malden, Massachusetts
    artinfo:
      ui:
        152421952
        151572714
        152421952
        152421952
        10.1111/jce.15171
        152421952
      ppf: 2504
      ppct: 11
      formats:
        fmt:
          @attributes:
            type: P
      tig:
        atl: Using ensemble of ensemble machine learning methods to predict outcomes of cardiac resynchronization.
      aug:
        au:
          Cai, Cheng
          Tafti, Ahmad P.
          Ngufor, Che
          Zhang, Pei
          Xiao, Peilin
          Dai, Mingyan
          Liu, Hongfang
          Noseworthy, Peter
          Chen, Minglong
          Friedman, Paul A.
          Cha, Yong‐Mei
        affil: Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
      sug:
        subj:
          Ensemble Learning Methods
          Treatment Outcomes
          Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
          Human
          Retrospective Design
          Electronic Health Records
          Neural Networks (Computer)
          Electrocardiography
          Waveforms
          ROC Curve
          Descriptive Statistics
          Artificial Intelligence
      ab: Introduction: The efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been widely studied in the medical literature; however, about 30% of candidates fail to respond to this treatment strategy. Smart computational approaches based on clinical data can help expose hidden patterns useful for identifying CRT responders. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the electronic health records of 1664 patients who underwent CRT procedures from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2017. An ensemble of ensemble (EoE) machine learning (ML) system composed of a supervised and an unsupervised ML layers was developed to generate a prediction model for CRT response. Results: We compared the performance of EoE against traditional ML methods and the state‐of‐the‐art convolutional neural network (CNN) model trained on raw electrocardiographic (ECG) waveforms. We observed that the models exhibited improvement in performance as more features were incrementally used for training. Using the most comprehensive set of predictors, the performance of the EoE model in terms of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve and F1‐score were 0.76 and 0.73, respectively. Direct application of the CNN model on the raw ECG waveforms did not generate promising results. Conclusion: The proposed CRT risk calculator effectively discriminates which heart failure (HF) patient is likely to respond to CRT significantly better than using clinical guidelines and traditional ML methods, thus suggesting that the tool can enhanced care management of HF patients by helping to identify high‐risk patients.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        pictorial
        research
        tables/charts
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N