Using Machine Learning to Predict Outcomes Following Thoracic and Complex Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

Journal: Journal of the American Heart Association
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) and complex endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) are complex procedures that carry a significant risk of complications. While risk prediction tools can aid in clinical decision making, they remain limited. We developed machine learning algorithms to predict outcomes following TEVAR and complex EVAR.

Authors

  • Ben Li
    School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030000, China. Electronic address: LBen@sxmu.edu.cn.
  • Naomi Eisenberg
    Division of Vascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
  • Derek Beaton
    Data Science & Advanced Analytics, Unity Health Toronto University of Toronto Toronto Canada.
  • Douglas S Lee
    Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: dlee@ices.on.ca.
  • Badr Aljabri
    Department of Surgery King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
  • Leen Al-Omran
    School of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Duminda N Wijeysundera
    Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto Toronto Canada.
  • Ori D Rotstein
    Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Division of General Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
  • Thomas F Lindsay
    Department of Surgery University of Toronto Toronto Canada.
  • Charles de Mestral
    Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
  • Muhammad Mamdani
    Unity Health Toronto (Verma, Murray, Straus, Pou-Prom, Mamdani); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital (Verma, Straus, Pou-Prom, Mamdani); Department of Medicine (Verma, Shojania, Straus, Mamdani) and Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (Verma, Mamdani) and Department of Statistics (Murray), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Alberta (Greiner); Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Greiner), Edmonton, Alta.; Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (Cohen), Montréal, Que.; Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (Shojania), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Shojania); Vector Institute (Ghassemi, Mamdani) and Department of Computer Science (Ghassemi); Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy (Mamdani), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Radiology, Stanford University (Cohen), Stanford, Calif. muhammad.mamdani@unityhealth.to amol.verma@mail.utoronto.ca.
  • Graham Roche-Nagle
    Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Division of Vascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
  • Mohammed Al-Omran
    Department of Surgery University of Toronto Canada.