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Early stroke detection through machine learning in the prehospital setting.

María Ríos Delgado¹, Gemma Reig Roselló², Nicolas Riera-Lopez³

¹Department of Computer Arquitecture and Automation, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

|August 25, 2025

Summary

Machine learning models can improve pre-hospital stroke diagnosis, identifying stroke type and large vessel occlusions (LVO) using hemodynamic data. This enhances emergency care and ensures timely treatment at specialized centers.

Keywords:

LVO clinical data emergency medical services genetic algorithms hemodynamic data machine learning prehospital stroke

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Area of Science:

Neurology
Medical Informatics
Emergency Medicine

Background:

Stroke is a leading global cause of death and disability, exacerbated by modern lifestyles.
Current pre-hospital stroke diagnosis relies on symptoms, potentially delaying treatment for critical conditions like large vessel occlusions (LVO).
Prompt diagnosis and intervention are crucial for effective stroke care.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate machine learning models for accurate pre-hospital stroke type and severity identification.
To enhance emergency medical services (EMS) stroke diagnosis using hemodynamic data.
To optimize hospital selection and improve patient outcomes through timely intervention at specialized centers.

Main Methods:

Two specialized machine learning models were developed to predict stroke type (ischemic or hemorrhagic).
A Bayesian rule was used for final stroke classification.
A separate model identified large vessel occlusions (LVO) in ischemic stroke cases using a reduced set of key variables.

Main Results:

The LVO model achieved 91.67% recall and 64.71% precision for ischemic episodes, outperforming existing pre-hospital scales.
Key predictive variables included blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and arm movement.
Integrated models showed a recall of 74% and precision of 59% for LVO detection.

Conclusions:

Machine learning significantly improves diagnostic accuracy for stroke in EMS settings.
The LVO model demonstrated a 10%-13% improvement in positive recall compared to baseline methods.
Objective data like blood pressure and heart rate are crucial for enhancing ML-based stroke diagnosis and facilitating timely interventions.