Coronary disease & ACSDiagnostic or prognostic study

Machine Learning for Myocardial Infarction Compared With Guideline-Recommended Diagnostic Pathways

CirculationPublished

  • Diagnostic accuracy study
  • multicentre (12 sites, 5 countries)

Authors' conclusion

CoDE-ACS performs consistently irrespective of the timing of serial cardiac troponin measurement, identifying more patients as low probability with comparable performance to guideline-recommended pathways for MI.

Study context

Population
Patients with possible myocardial infarction (MI) without ST-segment elevation, serial high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I at 0, 1 and 2 hours575 (14%) type 1 MI
Participants
4,105 patients
Comparison
Collaboration for the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Acute Coronary Syndrome (CoDE-ACS) machine learning model vs guideline-recommended European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 0/1-hour, ESC 0/2-hour and High-STEACS pathways
Outcome
Diagnostic performance for index type 1 MI

Performance

As reported in the abstract

Type 1 MI · after serial measurements
Test or modelRuled out (low probability) at 1 or 2 hoursNPVRuled in (high probability) at 1 or 2 hoursPPV at 1 hourPPV at 2 hoursIntermediate probability at 1 or 2 hoursRuled out (low risk)Ruled in (high risk)PPVFurther observation
CoDE-ACS65% or 68%99.7% (99.5%-99.9%)19% or 18%64.9% (63.5%-66.4%)68.8% (67.3%-70.1%)16% or 14%
ESC 0/1-hour100% (99.9%-100%)49%20%61.5% (60.0%-63.0%)31%
ESC 0/2-hour100% (99.9%-100%)53%19%65.8% (64.3%-67.2%)28%
High-STEACS99.7% (99.5%-99.8%)71%29%48.3% (46.8%-49.8%)0%

Further findings

OutcomeCoDE-ACSESC 0/1-hourESC 0/2-hourHigh-STEACS
Type 1 MI at presentation (single troponin)
Ruled out (low probability)56%Not reported in the abstractNot reported in the abstractNot reported in the abstract
NPV99.7% (95% CI, 99.5%-99.9%)Not reported in the abstractNot reported in the abstractNot reported in the abstract
Sensitivity99.0% (98.6%-99.2%)Not reported in the abstractNot reported in the abstractNot reported in the abstract
Ruled outNot reported in the abstractNot reported in the abstractNot reported in the abstract35%
  • Type 1 MI at presentation (single troponin): ESC 0-hour Ruled out 25%

Original publication

Machine Learning for Myocardial Infarction Compared With Guideline-Recommended Diagnostic Pathways. Circulation. Published 12 February 2024. doi:10.1161/circulationaha.123.066917

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