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ArticleEuropace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology2023

Improved diagnostic performance of insertable cardiac monitors by an artificial intelligence-based algorithm.

Eliot Crespin, Arnaud Rosier, Issam Ibnouhsein, Alexandre Gozlan, Arnaud Lazarus, Gabriel Laurent, Aymeric Menet, Jean-Luc Bonnet, Niraj Varma

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Eliot CrespinImplicity SAS, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0001-8416-857X
Arnaud RosierImplicity SAS, Paris, France.
Issam IbnouhseinImplicity SAS, Paris, France.ORCID 0009-0004-7244-592X
Alexandre GozlanImplicity SAS, Paris, France.
Arnaud LazarusService de rythmologie interventionnelle, Clinique Ambroise Paré, Neuilly sur Seine, France.
Gabriel LaurentService de rythmologie et Insuffisance Cardiaque, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Dijon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7274-4266
Aymeric MenetDépartement de Cardiologie, Groupe Hospitalier de l'Institut Catholique de Lille, Lomme, France.ORCID 0000-0003-4823-1556
Jean-Luc BonnetImplicity SAS, Paris, France.
Niraj VarmaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2296-2596
Institute for Magnetospheric Physics · USCHU Dijon Bourgogne · FRCleveland Clinic · USInstitut Jean Le Rond d'Alembert · FRUniversité Catholique de Lille · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsThe increasing use of insertable cardiac monitors (ICM) produces a high rate of false positive (FP) diagnoses. Their verification results in a high workload for caregivers. We evaluated the performance of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based ILR-ECG Analyzer™ (ILR-ECG-A). This machine-learning algorithm reclassifies ICM-transmitted events to minimize the rate of FP diagnoses, while preserving device sensitivity. METHODS AND

resultsWe selected 546 recipients of ICM followed by the Implicity™ monitoring platform. To avoid clusterization, a single episode per ICM abnormal diagnosis (e.g. asystole, bradycardia, atrial tachycardia (AT)/atrial fibrillation (AF), ventricular tachycardia, artefact) was selected per patient, and analyzed by the ILR-ECG-A, applying the same diagnoses as the ICM. All episodes were reviewed by an adjudication committee (AC) and the results were compared. Among 879 episodes classified as abnormal by the ICM, 80 (9.1%) were adjudicated as 'Artefacts', 283 (32.2%) as FP, and 516 (58.7%) as 'abnormal' by the AC. The algorithm reclassified 215 of the 283 FP as normal (76.0%), and confirmed 509 of the 516 episodes as abnormal (98.6%). Seven undiagnosed false negatives were adjudicated as AT or non-specific abnormality. The overall diagnostic specificity was 76.0% and the sensitivity was 98.6%.

conclusionThe new AI-based ILR-ECG-A lowered the rate of FP ICM diagnoses significantly while retaining a > 98% sensitivity. This will likely alleviate considerably the clinical burden represented by the review of ICM events.

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Artificial IntelligenceAtrial FibrillationAlgorithmsElectrocardiographyElectrocardiography, AmbulatoryHumansarrhythmiaartificial intelligenceimplantable loop recorderinsertable cardiac monitormachine learningremote monitoring

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PMCPMC10787483
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