Identifying the Severity of Heart Valve Stenosis and Regurgitation Among a Diverse Population Within an Integrated Health Care System: Natural Language Processing Approach.

Journal: JMIR cardio
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Valvular heart disease (VHD) is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality that poses a substantial health care and economic burden on health care systems. Administrative diagnostic codes for ascertaining VHD diagnosis are incomplete.

Authors

  • Fagen Xie
    Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, USA.
  • Ming-Sum Lee
    Department of Cardiology, Los Angeles Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, United States.
  • Salam Allahwerdy
    Department of Clinical Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA, United States.
  • Darios Getahun
    Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California.
  • Benjamin Wessler
    Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States.
  • Wansu Chen
    Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, USA.