Diagnostic or prognostic study

Machine learning for diagnosis of myocardial infarction using cardiac troponin concentrations

Nat MedPublished

  • Diagnostic accuracy study
  • machine learning model development
  • external validation in seven cohorts

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

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%

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

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it