Machine Learning on High-Dimensional Data to Predict Bleeding Post Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Corbin Rayfield, Pradyumna Agasthi, Farouk Mookadam

  • 1Senior Consultant Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 13400 East Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ 85259 USA. Arsanjani.Reza@mayo.edu.

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A new machine learning model (AI-BR) accurately predicts bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), outperforming the existing American College of Cardiology bleeding risk (ACC-BR) model in patient risk assessment.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Medical Informatics
  • Machine Learning

Background:

  • Bleeding complications are a significant risk following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
  • Accurate prediction of bleeding risk is crucial for patient management and outcomes.
  • Existing risk models may have limitations in predicting bleeding post-PCI.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the accuracy of a machine learning model in predicting bleeding outcomes after PCI.
  • To compare the performance of the machine learning model against the American College of Cardiology CathPCI bleeding risk (ACC-BR) model.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of 15,603 patients from the Mayo Clinic CathPCI registry (2003-2018).
  • Development of a boosted classification tree algorithm (AI-BR) using 105 variables to predict major and minor bleeding within 72 hours post-PCI.
  • Comparison of AI-BR model performance (ROC-AUC) against the ACC-BR model in a test cohort of 3900 patients.

Main Results:

  • The overall rate of major bleeding complications was 1.8%.
  • The AI-BR model demonstrated superior performance with an ROC-AUC of 0.873 compared to the ACC-BR model's 0.764 (P=.02).
  • The AI-BR model achieved a sensitivity of 77.3% and specificity of 80.9%.

Conclusions:

  • The AI-BR machine learning model accurately predicts bleeding events post-PCI.
  • The AI-BR model significantly outperforms the ACC-BR model in predicting bleeding risk in patients undergoing PCI.
  • This AI-driven approach offers improved risk stratification for patients undergoing PCI.
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