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Do advanced machine learning methods predict outcomes of elective heart valve surgery with higher accuracy than established risk scores?
Do advanced machine learning methods predict outcomes of elective heart valve surgery with higher accuracy than established risk scores?
Machine learning methods offer higher accuracy than traditional logistic regression-based risk scores for predicting outcomes in elective heart valve surgery.
May refine valve surgery risk assessment; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Advanced machine learning methods can predict outcomes of valve surgery procedures with higher accuracy than established risk scores based on logistic regression on pre-selected parameters. This approach is generalizable to other elective high-risk interventions and allows for training models to the cohorts of specific institutions.
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