Key result
CMA-ES algorithm effectively calibrates patient-specific cardiovascular models to clinical hemodynamics in heart failure.
Why the study?
Standard hemodynamic assessments inadequately stratify heart failure patients, and existing scoring systems are difficult to apply clinically due to indirect calculations and many assumptions.
A novel model calibration procedure using patient-specific hemodynamic data allows for the individualized characterization of cardiac energetics, potentially serving as a decision support tool for heart failure management.
Patient-specific model calibration is feasible; hypothesis-generating for heart failure decision support and requires prospective validation.
Heart failure is a complex condition, and accurately stratifying patients using standard hemodynamic assessments remains a challenging task. To address this, sophisticated scoring systems have been developed to better capture the interplay between loading conditions, energetics, and cardiac performance. However, applying these scores in clinical practice is difficult, as they are often calculated indirectly from measurable variables and depend on numerous assumptions. In this work, we propose a model calibration procedure leveraged by the covariance matrix adaptation evolution strategy (CMA-ES) to estimate model parameters in a closed-loop compartmental model of the cardiovascular system based on hemodynamic patient-specific data. The goal of this procedure is to reverse-engineer the patient-specific cardiovascular model, enabling us to reveal the patient's cardiac energetics, and estimate the scores that better characterize the patient's physiologic state. We propose different scenarios based on data availability and investigate model identification under these conditions. Understanding the patient's energetic profile is crucial for gaining insight into the underlying physiologic and pathophysiologic conditions, as well as for tailoring patient-specific therapeutic interventions effectively. We demonstrate the capabilities of this methodology using a cohort of 20 heart failure patients. The effectiveness of the proposed approach in calibrating patient-specific models to match hemodynamic measurements obtained in the catheterization laboratory is analyzed for the different data availability scenarios. This enables a hemodynamically reliable, individualized characterization of the energetic profile, serving as a valuable clinical decision support tool for guiding heart failure treatment.
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Blanco et al. (2026) studied Heart failure (n=20). Model calibration procedure using covariance matrix adaptation evolution strategy (CMA-ES) was evaluated on Calibration of patient-specific models to match hemodynamic measurements. A model calibration procedure using CMA-ES effectively calibrated patient-specific cardiovascular models to match hemodynamic measurements in a cohort of 20 heart failure patients.
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