Jose Moon, Jong-Ho Kim, Soon Jun Hong, Cheol Woong Yu, Yong Hyun Kim, Eung Ju Kim, Jung-Joon Cha, Hyung Joon Joo
{"title":"Deep learning model for identifying acute heart failure patients using electrocardiography in the emergency room.","authors":"Jose Moon, Jong-Ho Kim, Soon Jun Hong, Cheol Woong Yu, Yong Hyun Kim, Eung Ju Kim, Jung-Joon Cha, Hyung Joon Joo","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Acute heart failure (AHF) poses significant diagnostic challenges in the emergency room (ER) because of its varied clinical presentation and limitations of traditional diagnostic methods. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a deep-learning model using electrocardiogram (ECG) data to enhance AHF identification in the ER.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed the ECG data of 19,285 patients who visited ERs of three hospitals between 2016 and 2020; 9,119 with available left ventricular ejection fraction and N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide level data and who were diagnosed with AHF were included in the study. We extracted morphological and clinical parameters from ECG data to train and validate four machine learning models: baseline linear regression and more advanced models including XGBoost, Light GBM, and CatBoost.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The CatBoost algorithm outperformed other models, showing superior area under the receiver operating characteristic and area under the precision-recall curve diagnostic accuracy across both internal (0.89 ± 0.01 and 0.89 ± 0.01) and external (0.90 and 0.89) validation datasets, respectively. The model demonstrated high accuracy, precision, recall, and f1 score, indicating robust performance in AHF identification.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The developed machine learning model significantly enhanced AHF detection in the ER using conventional 12-lead ECGs combined with clinical data. These findings suggest that ECGs, a common tool in the ER, can effectively help screen for AHF.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142946763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yongwhan Lim, Min Chul Kim, Seung Hun Lee, Seongho Park, Joon Ho Ahn, Dae Young Hyun, Kyung Hoon Cho, Yong Hun Jung, In-Seok Jeong, Youngkeun Ahn
{"title":"Early Left Ventricular Unloading after Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: One-Year Outcomes of the EARLY-UNLOAD Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Yongwhan Lim, Min Chul Kim, Seung Hun Lee, Seongho Park, Joon Ho Ahn, Dae Young Hyun, Kyung Hoon Cho, Yong Hun Jung, In-Seok Jeong, Youngkeun Ahn","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuae150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The long-term effects of early left ventricular unloading after venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) remain unclear.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The EARLY-UNLOAD trial was a single-center, investigator-initiated, open-label, randomized clinical trial involving 116 patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) undergoing VA-ECMO. The patients were randomly assigned to undergo either early routine left ventricular unloading by transseptal left atrial cannulation within 12 hours after randomization or the conventional approach, which permitted rescue transseptal cannulation in case of an increased left ventricular afterload. The prespecified secondary endpoints at 1 year included all-cause mortality, cardiac mortality, non-cardiac mortality, rehospitalization for heart failure, and the composite of all-cause mortality or rehospitalization for heart failure.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At 1 year, data for 114 of 116 patients (98.3%) were available for analysis. All-cause death had occurred in 33 of 58 patients (56.9%) in early group and 32 of 56 patients (57.1%) in conventional group (HR, 0.97 [95% CI, 0.60 to 1.58], P=0.887). There was no significant difference in cardiac or non-cardiac mortality. Among 61 survivors at 30 days, the incidence of rehospitalization for heart failure at 1 year was comparable between 2 groups (HR, 1.17 [95% CI 0.43 to 3.24], P=0.758). The incidence of the composite outcome of all-cause mortality or rehospitalization for heart failure also did not differ between the groups (HR, 1.01 [95% CI 0.69 to 1.76], P=0.692).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Among patients with CS undergoing VA-ECMO, early routine left ventricular unloading did not improve clinical outcomes at 1-year of follow-up.</p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT04775472.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142921284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pascal Vranckx, David Morrow, Sean van Diepen, Frederik H Verbrugge
{"title":"A New Year's resolution for the editors of the European Heart Journal: a resolution on not making big resolutions.","authors":"Pascal Vranckx, David Morrow, Sean van Diepen, Frederik H Verbrugge","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuae137","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142914018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tobias Schupp, Holger Thiele, Tienush Rassaf, Amir Abbas Mahabadi, Ralf Lehmann, Ingo Eitel, Carsten Skurk, Peter Clemmensen, Marcus Hennersdorf, Ingo Voigt, Axel Linke, Eike Tigges, Peter Nordbeck, Christian Jung, Philipp Lauten, Hans-Josef Feistritzer, Maria Buske, Janine Pöss, Taoufik Ouarrak, Steffen Schneider, Michael Behnes, Daniel Duerschmied, Steffen Desch, Anne Freund, Uwe Zeymer, Ibrahim Akin
{"title":"C-Reactive Protein Levels and Outcomes in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock: Data from the ECLS-SHOCK Trial.","authors":"Tobias Schupp, Holger Thiele, Tienush Rassaf, Amir Abbas Mahabadi, Ralf Lehmann, Ingo Eitel, Carsten Skurk, Peter Clemmensen, Marcus Hennersdorf, Ingo Voigt, Axel Linke, Eike Tigges, Peter Nordbeck, Christian Jung, Philipp Lauten, Hans-Josef Feistritzer, Maria Buske, Janine Pöss, Taoufik Ouarrak, Steffen Schneider, Michael Behnes, Daniel Duerschmied, Steffen Desch, Anne Freund, Uwe Zeymer, Ibrahim Akin","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuae148","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The impact of systemic inflammation in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock (AMI-CS) is still a matter of debate. The present ECLS-SHOCK sub-study investigates the association of C-reactive protein (CRP) levels with short-term outcomes in patients with AMI-CS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with AMI-CS enrolled in the multicenter, randomized ECLS-SHOCK trial between 2019 and 2022 were included. The prognostic impact of CRP levels on admission, as well as the effect of extracorporeal life support (ECLS), stratified by CRP levels, was tested with regard to the primary endpoint of 30-day all-cause mortality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 371 patients with AMI-CS and available CRP level on baseline, the median CRP level was 18.0 mg/L. Patients with CRP levels in the highest tertile were older and less often resuscitated from cardiac arrest. The highest tertile (i.e., CRP >61.0 mg/L) was associated with an increased risk of 30-day all-cause mortality compared to patients with lower CRP levels (lowest tertile: ≤5.0 mg/L) (adjusted Odds Ratio (OR): 3.54; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.88-6.68; p=0.001). The use of ECLS did not reduce 30-day all-cause mortality, irrespective of CRP levels on admission. The additional inclusion of CRP to the IABP-SHOCK II score was associated with a slight improvement of the prediction of 30-days all-cause mortality (area under the curve (AUC): 0.74; 95% CI 0.68-0.79).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Higher CRP levels were independently associated with the risk of 30-day all-cause mortality in AMI-CS. The additional inclusion of CRP to a validated CS risk score may further improve the prediction of short-term prognosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142946743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ischemic cardiogenic shock: should we consider basal inflammation - and how? An editorial on the manuscript entitled: \"C-Reactive Protein Levels and Outcomes in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock: Data from the ECLS-SHOCK Trial\".","authors":"François Roubille","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuae149","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142893125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular adaptation and pulmonary embolism: a perfect couple?","authors":"Samuel B Brusca, Jessica N Holtzman","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae133","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae133","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"826-827"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142638602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Context is key: ethical considerations related to consent and study design in acute cardiac care research.","authors":"Neal W Dickert, Madeline Meer","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae125","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae125","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"845-850"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142738870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Short- and long-term outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiac arrest: a nationwide cohort study 2013-22.","authors":"Jarle Jortveit, Geir Øystein Andersen, Sigrun Halvorsen","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae121","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae121","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To assess short- and long-term outcomes of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) or in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) in a nationwide cohort.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>Cohort study of AMI patients admitted to hospitals in Norway 2013-22 registered in the Norwegian Myocardial Infarction Registry. Outcomes were in-hospital and long-term mortality. Cumulative mortality was assessed with the Kaplan-Meier and the life-table methods. Cox regression was used for risk comparisons. Among 105 439 AMI patients (35% women), we identified 3638 (3.5%) patients with OHCA and 2559 (2.4%) with IHCA. The mean age was 65.7 (13.2), 70.9 (12.6), and 70.7 (13.6) years for OHCA, IHCA, and AMI without cardiac arrest (CA), respectively. The median follow-up time was 3.3 (25th, 75th percentile: 1.1, 6.3) years. In-hospital mortality was 28, 49, and 5%, in OHCA, IHCA, and AMI without CA, and the estimated 5-year cumulative mortality was 48% [95% confidence interval (CI) 46-50%], 69% (95% CI 67-71%), and 35% (95% CI 34-35%), respectively. Among patients surviving to hospital discharge, no significant difference in mortality during follow-up was found between OHCA and AMI without CA [adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 1.04, 95% CI 0.96-1.13], while the long-term mortality of AMI patients with IHCA was higher (age-adjusted HR 1.31, 95% CI 1.19-1.45).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this large, contemporary cohort of AMI patients, in-hospital mortality of patients with OHCA or IHCA was still high. Among patients surviving to hospital discharge, long-term mortality was comparable between OHCA and AMI without CA, while the outcome of patients with IHCA was significantly worse.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"828-837"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11666308/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142497394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}