A machine learning model utilizing electronic health record data and clinical notes identified 26% of patients who experienced reduced CRT benefit with a positive predictive value of 79%.
Cohort (n=990)
Yes
Does a machine learning model using pre-procedure EHR data predict reduced benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients receiving CRT?
A machine learning model using pre-procedure EHR data and clinical notes can identify a subset of patients who may not benefit from CRT, potentially improving patient selection.
RATIONALE: Multiple clinical trials support the effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT); however, optimal patient selection remains challenging due to substantial treatment heterogeneity among patients who meet the clinical practice guidelines. OBJECTIVE: To apply machine learning to create an algorithm that predicts CRT outcome using electronic health record (EHR) data avaible before the procedure. METHODS AND RESULTS: We applied machine learning and natural language processing to the EHR of 990 patients who received CRT at two academic hospitals between 2004-2015. The primary outcome was reduced CRT benefit, defined as <0% improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 6-18 months post-procedure or death by 18 months. Data regarding demographics, laboratory values, medications, clinical characteristics, and past health services utilization were extracted from the EHR available before the CRT procedure. Bigrams (i.e., two-word sequences) were also extracted from the clinical notes using natural language processing. Patients accrued on average 75 clinical notes (SD, 29) before the procedure including data not captured anywhere else in the EHR. A machine learning model was built using 80% of the patient sample (training and validation dataset), and tested on a held-out 20% patient sample (test dataset). Among 990 patients receiving CRT the mean age was 71.6 (SD, 11.8), 78.1% were male, 87.2% non-Hispanic white, and the mean baseline LVEF was 24.8% (SD, 7.69). Out of 990 patients, 403 (40.7%) were identified as having a reduced benefit from the CRT device (<0% LVEF improvement in 25.2%, death by 18 months in 15.6%). The final model identified 26% of these patients at a positive predictive value of 79% (model performance: Fβ (β = 0.1): 77%; recall 0.26; precision 0.79; accuracy 0.65). CONCLUSIONS: A machine learning model that leveraged readily available EHR data and clinical notes identified a subset of CRT patients who may not benefit from CRT before the procedure.
Hu et al. (Thu,) conducted a cohort in Heart failure requiring cardiac resynchronization therapy (n=990). Machine learning predictive model using EHR data vs. Standard clinical selection was evaluated on Reduced CRT benefit (<0% improvement in LVEF 6-18 months post-procedure or death by 18 months). A machine learning model utilizing electronic health record data and clinical notes identified 26% of patients who experienced reduced CRT benefit with a positive predictive value of 79%.
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