Congestive Heart Failure

Directional Relationship Between Vitamin D Status and Prediabetes: A New Approach from Artificial Neural Network in a Cohort of Workers with Overweight-Obesity.

Despite the increasing literature on the association of diabetes with inflammation, cardiovascular ...

A Novel Hardware Systolic Architecture of a Self-Organizing Map Neural Network.

In this article, we propose to design a new modular architecture for a self-organizing map (SOM) neu...

Prospective validation of a deep learning electrocardiogram algorithm for the detection of left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

OBJECTIVES: We sought to validate a deep learning algorithm designed to predict an ejection fraction...

Estimation of echocardiogram parameters with the aid of impedance cardiography and artificial neural networks.

The advent of cardiovascular diseases as a disease of mass catastrophy, in recent years is alarming....

Identifying Ventricular Arrhythmias and Their Predictors by Applying Machine Learning Methods to Electronic Health Records in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM-VAr-Risk Model).

Clinical risk stratification for sudden cardiac death (SCD) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) empl...

Machine Learning Accurately Predicts Short-Term Outcomes Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Ankle Fractures.

Ankle fractures are common orthopedic injuries with favorable outcomes when managed with open reduct...

Deep Learning for Segmentation Using an Open Large-Scale Dataset in 2D Echocardiography.

Delineation of the cardiac structures from 2D echocardiographic images is a common clinical task to ...

Deep-learning based multiclass retinal fluid segmentation and detection in optical coherence tomography images using a fully convolutional neural network.

As a non-invasive imaging modality, optical coherence tomography (OCT) can provide micrometer-resolu...

A Highly Sensitive Pressure-Sensing Array for Blood Pressure Estimation Assisted by Machine-Learning Techniques.

This work describes the development of a pressure-sensing array for noninvasive continuous blood pul...

Quantifying lung ultrasound comets with a convolutional neural network: Initial clinical results.

Lung ultrasound comets are "comet-tail" artifacts appearing in lung ultrasound images. They are part...

A Large Animal Model of Right Ventricular Failure due to Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: A Focus on Function.

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a debilitating disease that progresses to r...

Fully automated detection of retinal disorders by image-based deep learning.

PURPOSE: With the aging population and the global diabetes epidemic, the prevalence of age-related m...

Estimation of constitutive parameters of the aortic wall using a machine learning approach.

The patient-specific biomechanical analysis of the aorta requires the quantification of the mechani...

Cardiac Phase Detection in Echocardiograms With Densely Gated Recurrent Neural Networks and Global Extrema Loss.

Accurate detection of end-systolic (ES) and end-diastolic (ED) frames in an echocardiographic cine s...

Accuracy of B-natriuretic peptide for the diagnosis of decompensated heart failure in muscular dystrophies patients with chronic respiratory failure.

Heart failure and restrictive respiratory insufficiency are complications in muscular dystrophies. W...

Hepatoprotective Effect of Leaf Extract and Its Various Fractions against Carbon Tetra Chloride Induced Hepatotoxicity in Rats.

is traditionally used as an antipyretic, digestive, and diuretic agent. Its flowers possess free ra...

Correlation of the modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scale with airway structure assessed by three-dimensional CT in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

BACKGROUND: Dyspnea is a common symptom in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The modifie...

Serum Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator-1α Related to Myocardial Energy Expenditure in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.

BACKGROUND: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) plays key roles...

A Unique Case of Severe Anemia Secondary to Copper Deficiency in an Adult Patient.

Anemia is a frequently encountered problem in the healthcare system. Common causes of anemia include...

Non-directed bronchial lavage is a safe method for sampling the respiratory tract in critically ill patient.

Ventilated patients are at risk of acquiring ventilator-associated pneumonia. Various techniques are...

Using a Deep Learning Network to Diagnose Congestive Heart Failure.