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A clinical decision support system for predicting coronary artery stenosis in patients with suspected coronary heart
Jingjing Yan1, Jing Tian2, Hong Yang1
1Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Diseases Risk Assessment, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Insights
A new machine learning system accurately identifies coronary artery stenosis in suspected coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. This non-invasive tool aids in personalized treatment, potentially reducing unnecessary invasive procedures and improving patient outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Medical Informatics
- Machine Learning
Background:
- Invasive coronary angiography poses risks and high costs.
- Accurate, non-invasive, and cost-effective diagnostic methods for coronary stenosis are needed.
- Machine learning offers a potential solution for evaluating suspected coronary heart disease (CHD).
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a machine learning-based risk-prediction system for diagnosing coronary artery stenosis.
- To provide an accurate, non-invasive, and cost-effective alternative to invasive angiography.
- To establish a risk-assessment and management system for patient-specific intervention guidance.
Main Methods:
- Collected electronic medical record data from 1577 suspected CHD patients.
- Constructed and compared multiple machine learning models (XGBoost, LightGBM, Random Forest, NGBoost, logistic models, MLP) for multi-class classification.
- Classified patients into three groups: normal coronary arteries, minimum stenosis (0-49%), and significant stenosis (≥50%).
- Verified model stability using external data.
Main Results:
- The XGBoost model exhibited superior classification performance with high ROC curves (micro-average 0.92, macro-average 0.89).
- XGBoost achieved strong class-specific F1 scores: 0.636 (Class 0), 0.850 (Class 1), and 0.858 (Class 2).
- The developed system effectively distinguished coronary artery stenosis and provided personalized probability estimates.
Conclusions:
- The machine learning system accurately diagnoses coronary artery stenosis in suspected CHD patients.
- Personalized probability curves guide individualized intervention strategies.
- This approach may reduce invasive procedures and improve clinical decision-making and patient prognosis.
Abstract:
Invasive coronary angiography imposes risks and high medical costs. Therefore, accurate, reliable, non-invasive, and cost-effective methods for diagnosing coronary stenosis are required. We designed a machine learning-based risk-prediction system as an accurate, noninvasive, and cost-effective alternative method for evaluating suspected coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. Electronic medical record data were collected from suspected CHD patients undergoing coronary angiography between May 1, 2017, and December 31, 2019. Multi-Class XGBoost, LightGBM, Random Forest, NGBoost, logistic models and MLP were constructed to identify patients with normal coronary arteries (class 0: no coronary artery stenosis), minimum coronary artery stenosis (class 1: 0 < stenosis <50%), and CHD (class 2: stenosis ≥50%). Model stability was verified externally. A risk-assessment and management system was established for patient-specific intervention guidance. Of 1577 suspected CHD patients, 81 (5.14%) had normal coronary arteries. The XGBoost model demonstrated the best overall classification performance (micro-average receiver operating characteristic [ROC] curve: 0.92, macro-average ROC curve: 0.89, class 0 ROC curve: 0.88, class 1 ROC curve: 0.90, class 2 ROC curve: 0.89), with good external verification. In class-specific classification, the XGBoost model yielded F1 values of 0.636, 0.850, and 0.858, for Classes 0, 1, and 2, respectively. The visualization system allowed disease diagnosis and probability estimation, and identified the intervention focus for individual patients. Thus, the system distinguished coronary artery stenosis well in suspected CHD patients. Personalized probability curves provide individualized intervention guidance. This may reduce the number of invasive inspections in negative patients, while facilitating decision-making regarding appropriate medical intervention, improving patient prognosis.
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