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ArticleThe American journal of emergency medicine2025

Automated computation of the HEART score with the GPT-4 large language model.

Donald S Wright, Vimig Socrates, Thomas Huang, Conrad W Safranek, Rohit B Sangal, Monisha Dilip, Zachary Boivin, Nickolas Srica, Catherine X Wright, Attila Feher and 3 more

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Donald S WrightDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States; Department for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Vimig SocratesDepartment for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States; Program of Computational Biology and Bioinformaticsm Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.
Thomas HuangDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States; Department for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Conrad W SafranekDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States; Department for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Rohit B SangalDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Monisha DilipDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Zachary BoivinDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Nickolas SricaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Catherine X WrightSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Attila FeherSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Edward J MillerSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
David ChartashDepartment for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Richard Andrew TaylorDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States. Electronic address: kqc5mk@uvahealth.org.

Funding

Short-Term Reserch Training: Students in Health SchoolsT35HL007649 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Sarwat I Chaudhry, Erica L Herzog · 1987 to 2026
$5.7M
Yale-METRO Metropolitan Emergency Trial netwoRK to advance patient OutcomesU24NS129500 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Gail D'Onofrio, Kevin Navin Sheth · 2023 to 2026
$1.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS T35 HL007649NINDS NIH HHS U24 NS129500
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAutomated computation of the HEART score has the potential to facilitate clinical decision support and safety interventions. The goal of this study was to assess the performance of the GPT-4 large language model (LLM) in computation of the HEART score and prediction of 60-day major adverse cardiac events (MACE).

methodsIn this retrospective cohort study from February 2022 to September 2023, patients admitted to a chest pain observation unit were identified. HEART scores were calculated by a physician assistant or nurse practitioner (APP) as part of routine care. Separately, the LLM calculated a HEART score utilizing an iteratively developed prompt from deidentified chart documentation. Any cases of disagreement with the APP score were adjudicated by an emergency physician blinded to clinical outcomes. Agreement on HEART score was assessed, and 60-day MACE was obtained via linkage to an institutional registry.

resultsOf the 601 participants, 50 were utilized for prompt development. Among the remaining 551 participants, agreement by Cohen's weighted kappa between the LLM and adjudicators was 0.67 which was similar to the agreement of 0.66 between the APP and adjudicators. The LLM predicted a higher average HEART score (mean 5.06) compared to the adjudicators (mean 4.69) or APP (mean 4.23). No significant difference was seen in diagnostic performance for 60-day MACE by DeLong pairwise comparison (all p > .05).

conclusionsAutomated risk score computation with language models has the potential to power interventions such as clinical decision support but has systematic differences from physician judgment. Prospective investigation is needed.

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Chest PainDecision Support Systems, ClinicalAgedFemaleHumansLarge Language ModelsMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentArtificial IntelligenceChatGPTGPTHEART ScoreLarge language modelLLM

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PMID40184662
PMCPMC12202168

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