Machine Learning Prediction of Stroke Mechanism in Embolic Strokes of Undetermined Source.

Journal: Stroke
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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: One-fifth of ischemic strokes are embolic strokes of undetermined source (ESUS). Their theoretical causes can be classified as cardioembolic versus noncardioembolic. This distinction has important implications, but the categories' proportions are unknown.

Authors

  • Hooman Kamel
  • Babak B Navi
    Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Unit, Department of Neurology, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute (H.K., B.B.N., N.S.P., A.E.M., C.I.), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
  • Neal S Parikh
    Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Unit, Department of Neurology, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute (H.K., B.B.N., N.S.P., A.E.M., C.I.), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
  • Alexander E Merkler
    Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Unit, Department of Neurology, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute (H.K., B.B.N., N.S.P., A.E.M., C.I.), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
  • Peter M Okin
    Division of Cardiology (P.M.O., R.B.D., J.W.W., J.K., J.W.C., L.K.K.), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
  • Richard B Devereux
    Greenberg Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 E 68th St, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
  • Jonathan W Weinsaft
    Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 E 68th St, New York, NY, 10065, USA. jww2001@med.cornell.edu.
  • Jiwon Kim
    School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia. jiwon.kim@uq.edu.au.
  • Jim W Cheung
    Division of Cardiology (P.M.O., R.B.D., J.W.W., J.K., J.W.C., L.K.K.), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
  • Luke K Kim
    Division of Cardiology (P.M.O., R.B.D., J.W.W., J.K., J.W.C., L.K.K.), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
  • Barbara Casadei
    Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (B.C.).
  • Costantino Iadecola
    Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Unit, Department of Neurology, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute (H.K., B.B.N., N.S.P., A.E.M., C.I.), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
  • Mert R Sabuncu
    Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
  • Ajay Gupta
  • Iván Díaz
    Department of Biostatistics Bloomberg, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. ildiazm84@gmail.com.