Coronary disease & ACS

Machine learning for electrocardiogram (ECG) diagnosis and risk stratification of occlusion myocardial infarction

Nat MedPublished Observational cohort study

Study context

Population
Consecutive patients with chest pain at multiple clinical sites; Occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) without ST-elevation on presenting ECG
Participants
7,313 consecutive patients
Exposure
ML model for ECG diagnosis of OMI vs practicing clinicians and commercial interpretation systems
Outcome
ECG diagnosis of OMI
Methodological detailsmulticentre, external validation
  • Multicentre
  • External validation

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

OMI risk score combined with clinical judgment correctly reclassified one in three patients with chest pain

1 in 3

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Original publication

Machine learning for ECG diagnosis and risk stratification of occlusion myocardial infarction. Nat Med. Published 29 June 2023. doi:10.1038/s41591-023-02396-3

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