Prediction of Two Year Survival Following Elective Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms at A Single Centre Using A Random Forest Classification Algorithm.

Journal: European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The decision to electively repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) involves balancing the risk of rupture, peri-procedural death, and life expectancy. Random forest classifiers (RFCs) are powerful machine learning algorithms. The aim of this study was to construct and validate a random forest machine learning tool to predict two year survival following elective AAA repair.

Authors

  • Daniel C Thompson
    Department of Vascular Surgery, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
  • Rhiannon Hackett
    Department of Perioperative Medicine, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
  • Peng F Wong
    Department of Vascular Surgery, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
  • Gerard Danjoux
    Department of Perioperative Medicine, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
  • Reza Mofidi
    Department of Vascular Surgery, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK. Electronic address: reza.mofidi@nhs.net.