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ArticleInternal and emergency medicine2025

A machine learning model using echocardiographic myocardial strain to detect myocardial ischemia.

Bo Zheng, Yaokun Liu, Jingyi Zhang, Terry T Ma, Yun Zhou, Yongkai Chen, Ying Yang, Wei Ma, Fangfang Fan, Jia Jia and 3 more

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Bo Zheng *Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yaokun Liu *Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.ORCID 0009-0006-4526-5709
Jingyi Zhang *School of Mathematical Sciences, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China.
Terry T MaDepartment of Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Yun ZhouDepartment of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yongkai ChenDepartment of Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Ying YangDepartment of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Wei MaDepartment of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Fangfang FanDepartment of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jia JiaDepartment of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yan ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jianping LiDepartment of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China. lijianping03455@pkufh.com.
Wenxuan ZhongDepartment of Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. wenxuan@uga.edu.

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Key Technologies Research and Development Program 2023YFC2506500Key Technologies Research and Development Program 2023YFC2506501
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Abstract

Coronary functional assessment plays a critical role in guiding decisions regarding coronary revascularization. Traditional methods for evaluating functional myocardial ischemia, such as invasive procedures or those involving radiation, have their limitations. Echocardiographic myocardial strain has emerged as a non-invasive and convenient indicator. However, the interpretation of strain values can be subject to inter-operator variability. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning techniques may promise to reduce the variability. By training AI algorithms on a diverse range of echocardiographic data, including strain values, and correlating them with ischemia, it may be possible to develop a robust and automated diagnostic tool. This study aims to provide a non-invasive and effective solution for automated myocardial ischemia detection that can be used in clinical practice. To construct the machine learning model, we used an automatic left ventricular endocardium tracing tool to extract myocardial strain data and integrated it with six clinical features. A coronary angiography-derived fractional flow reserve (caFFR) ≤ 0.80 was defined as the indicator of myocardial ischemia. A total of 636 suspected coronary artery disease subjects were enrolled in this pilot study, where 282 cases (44.3%) had myocardial ischemia. These subjects were randomly divided into training (n = 508) and testing (n = 128) sets at a 4:1. Using ensemble-learning algorithms to train and optimize the model, its diagnostic performance versus caFFR was diagnostic accuracy 85.9%, sensitivity 88.9%, specificity 83.1%, positive predictive value 83.6%, negative predictive value 88.5%. The optimized model achieved an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.915 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.862-0.968). Our machine learning prototype model based on echocardiographic myocardial strain shows promising results in detecting myocardial ischemia. Further studies are needed to validate its robustness and generalizability on larger patient populations.

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EchocardiographyMachine LearningMyocardial IschemiaAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsROC CurveCoronary angiography-derived fractional flow reserveEchocardiographic myocardial strainEnsemble learningMachine learningMyocardial ischemia

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