Heart failure & cardiomyopathies

Machine Learning in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Nonlinear Model From Clinical and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Features Predicting Cardiovascular Events

JACC Cardiovasc ImagingPublished Prognostic model development and validation study

Performance · Prediction of MACEResult — go to the resultImprovement in AUC 22.7%

Authors' conclusion

ML-empowered risk stratification using CMR and clinical features enabled accurate MACE prediction beyond the classic HCM Risk-SCD model.

Study context

Population
Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) admitted 2010–2017 at 4 medical centres (China); internal discovery cohort 533, external test cohort 225
Participants
758 patients4 centres
Comparison
Machine learning (ML) model vs HCM Risk-SCD model
Outcome
MACE:
  • Arrhythmic events
  • Sudden cardiac death (SCD)
  • HF
  • AF-related stroke
Follow-up
Median 109.0 months (Q1-Q3: 73.0-118.8 months)
Methodological detailsmulticentre, internal discovery cohort with cross-validation, external test cohort
  • Multicentre
  • Internal discovery cohort with cross-validation
  • External test cohort

Performance

Prediction of MACE

Improvement in AUC

22.7%

P < 0.001

By group

ML model

AUC (internal)
0.830
AUC (external)
0.812

ML model

AUC (internal)0.830
AUC (external)0.812

As reported in the abstract

Further findings

MACE incidence · median follow-up 109.0 months

MACE occurred
191 (25%)

Nonlinear association of LGE, global radial strain (GRS) and global circumferential strain (GCS) with MACE (cubic spline)

Elevated risk above second-tertile threshold, LGE
11.6%
Elevated risk above second-tertile threshold, GRS
25.8%
Elevated risk above second-tertile threshold, GCS
−17.3%

Original publication

Machine Learning in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Nonlinear Model From Clinical and CMR Features Predicting Cardiovascular Events. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. Published 10 July 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jcmg.2024.04.013

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