Multimodal AI-approach for the automatic screening of cardiovascular diseases based on nocturnal physiological...

This study proposes a multimodal AI algorithm called the SleepCVD-Net to automatically screen CVDs based on nocturnal physiological recordings. We designed and implemented a multimodal AI algorithm, SleepCVD-Net, which utilizes three-mode deep neural networks to process input signals-single-lead electrocardiography (ECG), Airflow, and oxygen saturation (SpO₂). Nocturnal physiological recordings were extracted from 194 subjects (80 controls and 114 subjects with CVD) in the Sleep Heart Health Study database. The proposed SleepCVD-Net model demonstrated good performance, achieving a mean accuracy of 97.55% on the test set. The F1-scores were 97.97%, 96.35%, 97.79%, and 97.49% for the control, stroke, angina, and congestive heart failure groups, respectively. The results indicate the potential for the automatic screening of CVDs based on nocturnal physiological signals. Furthermore, the SleepCVD-Net can serve as a valuable tool for monitoring cardiac activity during sleep in inpatient, outpatient, and home healthcare settings.