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Swenne CA, Ter Haar CC. Context-independent identification of myocardial ischemia in the prehospital ECG of chest pain patients. J Electrocardiol 2024; 82:34-41. [PMID: 38006762 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2023.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 10/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023]
Abstract
Non-traumatic chest pain is a frequent reason for an urgent ambulance visit of a patient by the emergency medical services (EMS). Chest pain (or chest pain-equivalent symptoms) can be innocent, but it can also signal an acute form of severe pathology that may require prompt intervention. One of these pathologies is cardiac ischemia, resulting from a disbalance between blood supply and demand. One cause of a diminished blood supply to the heart is acute coronary syndrome (ACS, i.e., cardiac ischemia caused by a reduced blood supply to myocardial tissue due to plaque instability and thrombus formation in a coronary artery). ACS is dangerous due to the unpredictable process that drives the supply problem and the high chance of fast hemodynamic deterioration (i.e., cardiogenic shock, ventricular fibrillation). This is why an ECG is made at first medical contact in most chest pain patients to include or exclude ischemia as the cause of their complaints. For speedy and adequate triaging and treatment, immediate assessment of this prehospital ECG is necessary, still during the ambulance ride. Human diagnostic efforts supported by automated interpretation algorithms seek to answer questions regarding the urgency level, the decision if and towards which healthcare facility the patient should be transported, and the indicated acute treatment and further diagnostics after arrival in the healthcare facility. In the case of an ACS, a catheter intervention room may be activated during the ambulance ride to facilitate the earliest possible in-hospital treatment. Prehospital ECG assessment and the subsequent triaging decisions are complex because chest pain is not uniquely associated with ACS. The differential diagnosis includes other cardiac, pulmonary, vascular, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, and psychological conditions. Some of these conditions may also involve ECG abnormalities. In practice, only a limited fraction (order of magnitude 10%) of the patients who are urgently transported to the hospital because of chest pain are ACS patients. Given the relatively low prevalence of ACS in this patient mix, the specificity of the diagnostic ECG algorithms should be relatively high to prevent overtreatment and overflow of intervention facilities. On the other hand, only a sufficiently high sensitivity warrants adequate therapy when needed. Here, we review how the prehospital ECG can contribute to identifying the presence of myocardial ischemia in chest pain patients. We discuss the various mechanisms of myocardial ischemia and infarction, the typical patient mix of chest pain patients, the shortcomings of the ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) ECG criteria to detect a completely occluded culprit artery, the OMI ECG criteria (including the STEMI-equivalent ECG patterns) in detecting completely occluded culprit arteries, and the promise of neural networks in recognizing ECG patterns that represent complete occlusions. We also discuss the relevance of detecting any ACS/ischemia, not necessarily caused by a total occlusion, in the prehospital ECG. In addition, we discuss how serial prehospital ECGs can contribute to ischemia diagnosis. Finally, we discuss the diagnostic contribution of a serial comparison of the prehospital ECG with a previously made nonischemic ECG of the patient.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cees A Swenne
- Cardiology Department, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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- Cardiology Department, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Al-Zaiti SS, Martin-Gill C, Zègre-Hemsey JK, Bouzid Z, Faramand Z, Alrawashdeh MO, Gregg RE, Helman S, Riek NT, Kraevsky-Phillips K, Clermont G, Akcakaya M, Sereika SM, Van Dam P, Smith SW, Birnbaum Y, Saba S, Sejdic E, Callaway CW. Machine learning for ECG diagnosis and risk stratification of occlusion myocardial infarction. Nat Med 2023; 29:1804-1813. [PMID: 37386246 PMCID: PMC10353937 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02396-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
Abstract
Patients with occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) and no ST-elevation on presenting electrocardiogram (ECG) are increasing in numbers. These patients have a poor prognosis and would benefit from immediate reperfusion therapy, but, currently, there are no accurate tools to identify them during initial triage. Here we report, to our knowledge, the first observational cohort study to develop machine learning models for the ECG diagnosis of OMI. Using 7,313 consecutive patients from multiple clinical sites, we derived and externally validated an intelligent model that outperformed practicing clinicians and other widely used commercial interpretation systems, substantially boosting both precision and sensitivity. Our derived OMI risk score provided enhanced rule-in and rule-out accuracy relevant to routine care, and, when combined with the clinical judgment of trained emergency personnel, it helped correctly reclassify one in three patients with chest pain. ECG features driving our models were validated by clinical experts, providing plausible mechanistic links to myocardial injury.
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Affiliation(s)
- Salah S Al-Zaiti
- Department of Acute & Tertiary Care Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Northeast Georgia Health System, Gainesville, GA, USA
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- School of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Advanced Algorithm Development Center, Philips Healthcare, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Acute & Tertiary Care Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Acute & Tertiary Care Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Artificial Intelligence for Health Outcomes at Research & Innovation, North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Al-Zaiti S, Martin-Gill C, Zégre-Hemsey J, Bouzid Z, Faramand Z, Alrawashdeh M, Gregg R, Helman S, Riek N, Kraevsky-Phillips K, Clermont G, Akcakaya M, Sereika S, Van Dam P, Smith S, Birnbaum Y, Saba S, Sejdic E, Callaway C. Machine Learning for the ECG Diagnosis and Risk Stratification of Occlusion Myocardial Infarction at First Medical Contact. RESEARCH SQUARE 2023:rs.3.rs-2510930. [PMID: 36778371 PMCID: PMC9915770 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2510930/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
Patients with occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) and no ST-elevation on presenting ECG are increasing in numbers. These patients have a poor prognosis and would benefit from immediate reperfusion therapy, but we currently have no accurate tools to identify them during initial triage. Herein, we report the first observational cohort study to develop machine learning models for the ECG diagnosis of OMI. Using 7,313 consecutive patients from multiple clinical sites, we derived and externally validated an intelligent model that outperformed practicing clinicians and other widely used commercial interpretation systems, significantly boosting both precision and sensitivity. Our derived OMI risk score provided superior rule-in and rule-out accuracy compared to routine care, and when combined with the clinical judgment of trained emergency personnel, this score helped correctly reclassify one in three patients with chest pain. ECG features driving our models were validated by clinical experts, providing plausible mechanistic links to myocardial injury.
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Chatha R, Anderson R, Chatha H, Cocker LM, Connelly M, Ward C, Hirst R. Journal update monthly top five. J Accid Emerg Med 2022; 39:415-416. [PMID: 35450973 DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2022-212470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Rajesh Chatha
- Emergency Department, Victoria Hospital, NHS Fife, Kirkcaldy, UK
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- Emergency Department, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Emergency Department, Barnsley District General Hospital, Barnsley, UK
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- Emergency Department, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, UK
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- Emergency Department, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Children's Emergency Department, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK .,Trainee Emergency Research Network, The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, London, UK
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