Coronary disease & ACS

Machine learning for diagnosis of myocardial infarction using cardiac troponin concentrations

Nat MedPublished Diagnostic accuracy study

Study context

Population
Patients assessed for possible MIexternal validation, 7 cohorts
Participants
10,286 patients
Comparison
Collaboration for the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Acute Coronary Syndrome (CoDE-ACS) score vs fixed cardiac troponin thresholds
Outcome
Discrimination for MI
Methodological detailsmachine learning model development, external validation in seven cohorts
  • Machine learning model development
  • External validation in seven cohorts

Performance

As reported in the abstract

MI diagnosis · at presentation
Test or modelAUCIdentified as low probabilityIdentified as high probability
CoDE-ACS0.953 (95% CI 0.947-0.958)61%10%
Fixed cardiac troponin thresholds27%16%

AUC

CoDE-ACS0.953 (95% CI 0.947-0.958)
Fixed cardiac troponin thresholds— not stated in the abstract

Identified as low probability

CoDE-ACS61%
Fixed cardiac troponin thresholds27%

Identified as high probability

CoDE-ACS10%
Fixed cardiac troponin thresholds16%

Further findings

Cardiac death by CoDE-ACS probability category · 30 days and 1 year

30 days

1 year

  • Cardiac death by CoDE-ACS probability category: P < 0.001 for both

Original publication

Machine learning for diagnosis of myocardial infarction using cardiac troponin concentrations. Nat Med. Published 11 May 2023. doi:10.1038/s41591-023-02325-4

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