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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Classification of Heart Failure Using Machine Learning: A Comparative Study.

Bryan Chulde-Fernández, Denisse Enríquez-Ortega, Cesar Guevara, Paulo Navas, Andrés Tirado-Espín, Paulina Vizcaíno-Imacaña, Fernando Villalba-Meneses, Carolina Cadena-Morejon, Diego Almeida-Galarraga, Patricia Acosta-Vargas

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Bryan Chulde-FernándezSchool of Biological Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Hacienda San José s/n, San Miguel de Urcuquí 100119, Ecuador.ORCID 0009-0003-6808-7827
Denisse Enríquez-OrtegaSchool of Biological Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Hacienda San José s/n, San Miguel de Urcuquí 100119, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0001-6136-4789
Cesar GuevaraQuantitative Methods Department, CUNEF University, 28040 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1571-5829
Paulo NavasSchool of Biological Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Hacienda San José s/n, San Miguel de Urcuquí 100119, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0003-3239-7375
Andrés Tirado-EspínSchool of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Universidad Yachay Tech, San Miguel de Urcuquí 100119, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-5368-4122
Paulina Vizcaíno-ImacañaFaculty of Technical Sciences, School of Computer Science, UIDE-International University of Ecuador, Quito 170501, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0001-9575-3539
Fernando Villalba-MenesesSchool of Biological Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Hacienda San José s/n, San Miguel de Urcuquí 100119, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-7236-7499
Carolina Cadena-MorejonSchool of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Universidad Yachay Tech, San Miguel de Urcuquí 100119, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-5199-5883
Diego Almeida-GalarragaSchool of Biological Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Hacienda San José s/n, San Miguel de Urcuquí 100119, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-9196-335X
Patricia Acosta-VargasIntelligent and Interactive Systems Laboratory, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito 170125, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0003-4210-0117

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Universidad de Las Américas 489. A.XIV.24
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several machine learning classification algorithms were evaluated using a dataset focused on heart failure. Results obtained from logistic regression, random forest, decision tree, K-nearest neighbors, and multilayer perceptron (MLP) were compared to obtain the best model. The random forest method obtained specificity = 0.93, AUC = 0.97, and Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC) = 0.83. The accuracy was high; therefore, it was considered the best model. On the other hand, K-nearest neighbors and MLP (multi-layer perceptron) showed lower accuracy rates. These results confirm the effectiveness of the random forest method in identifying heart failure cases. This study underlines that the number of features, feature selection and quality, model type, and hyperparameter fit are also critical in these studies, as well as the importance of using machine learning techniques.

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classificationdiagnosisfeature extractionheart failuremachine learning

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PMID40141840
PMCPMC11944183

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