Improved prediction of sudden cardiac death in patients with heart failure through digital processing of electrocardiography

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Aims Available predictive models for sudden cardiac death (SCD) in heart failure (HF) patients remain suboptimal. We assessed whether the electrocardiography (ECG)-based artificial intelligence (AI) could better predict SCD, and also whether the combination of the ECG-AI index and conventional predictors of SCD would improve the SCD stratification among HF patients. Methods In a prospective observational study, 4 tertiary care hospitals in Tokyo enrolled 2559 patients hospitalized for HF who were and results successfully discharged after acute decompensation. The ECG data during the index hospitalization were extracted from the hospitals’ electronic medical record systems. The association of the ECG-AI index and SCD was evaluated with adjustment for left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), New York Heart Association (NYHA) class, and competing risk of non-SCD. The ECG-AI index plus classical predictive guidelines (i.e. LVEF ≤35%, NYHA Class II and III) significantly improved the discriminative value of SCD [receiver operating characteristic area under the curve (ROC-AUC), 0.66 vs. 0.59; P = 0.017; Delong’s test] with good calibration (P = 0.11; Hosmer–Lemeshow test) and improved net reclassification [36%; 95% confidence interval (CI), 9–64%; P = 0.009]. The Fine–Gray model considering the competing risk of non-SCD demonstrated that the ECG-AI index was independently associated with SCD (adjusted sub-distributional hazard ratio, 1.25; 95% CI, 1.04–1.49; P = 0.015). An increased proportional risk of SCD vs. non-SCD with an increasing ECG-AI index was also observed (low, 16.7%; intermediate, 18.5%; high, 28.7%; P for trend = 0.023). Similar findings were observed in patients aged ≤75 years with a non-ischaemic aetiology and an LVEF of >35%. Conclusion To improve risk stratification of SCD, ECG-based AI may provide additional values in the management of patients with HF.

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Shiraishi, Y., Goto, S., Niimi, N., Katsumata, Y., Goda, A., Takei, M., … Kohsaka, S. (2023). Improved prediction of sudden cardiac death in patients with heart failure through digital processing of electrocardiography. Europace, 25(3), 922–930. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euac261

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