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Optimization of Large Vessel Occlusion Detection in Acute Ischemic Stroke Using Machine Learning Methods.

Gabor Tarkanyi¹, Akos Tenyi², Roland Hollos²

¹Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Hungary.

Life (Basel, Switzerland)

|February 25, 2022

Summary

Early detection of large-vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke is crucial for timely endovascular therapy. Combining neurological symptoms with medical history and lab values like white blood cell count improves LVO prediction models.

Keywords:

acute ischemic stroke large-vessel occlusion machine learning prehospital care stroke scales

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Area of Science:

Neurology
Biomedical Engineering
Data Science

Background:

Early detection of large-vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes is critical for endovascular therapy access.
Current prehospital LVO detection scales primarily rely on symptom variables.
Expanding predictive models beyond symptoms can enhance LVO identification.

Purpose of the Study:

To comprehensively assess the predictive ability of diverse clinical variables for LVO.
To develop an optimized LVO prediction model using machine learning.

Main Methods:

Retrospective analysis of a multi-center stroke registry (526 patients).
Inclusion of 41 variables across demographics, vitals, medical history, labs, and symptoms.
Feature selection using LASSO, followed by machine learning model application (RF, LR, ENM, SNN) with 10-fold cross-validation.

Main Results:

Neurological symptoms were more common and severe in LVO patients.
Atrial fibrillation (AF), higher white blood cell (WBC) counts, and lower systolic blood pressure (SBP) were associated with LVO.
LASSO selected nine variables (symptoms, AF, chronic heart failure, WBC count) for modeling.
Machine learning models achieved an AUC between 0.736-0.775, comparable to NIH Stroke Scale (AUC: 0.790).

Conclusions:

Neurological symptoms are strong predictors of LVO.
Incorporating medical history (AF, CHF) and laboratory values (WBC) significantly enhances LVO prediction model efficiency.
Optimized multivariate models improve early detection for timely endovascular therapy.