A multitask deep learning model utilizing electrocardiograms for major cardiovascular adverse events prediction

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Title: A multitask deep learning model utilizing electrocardiograms for major cardiovascular adverse events prediction
Authors: Ching-Heng Lin, Zhi-Yong Liu, Pao-Hsien Chu, Jung-Sheng Chen, Hsin-Hsu Wu, Ming-Shien Wen, Chang-Fu Kuo, Ting-Yu Chang
Source: npj Digital Medicine, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2025)
Publisher Information: Nature Portfolio, 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Collection: LCC:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
Subject Terms: Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics, R858-859.7
More Details: Abstract Deep learning analysis of electrocardiography (ECG) may predict cardiovascular outcomes. We present a novel multi-task deep learning model, the ECG-MACE, which predicts the one-year first-ever major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) using 2,821,889 standard 12-lead ECGs, including training (n = 984,895), validation (n = 422,061), and test (n = 1,414,933) sets, from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital database in Taiwan. Data from another independent medical center (n = 113,224) was retrieved for external validation. The model’s performance achieves AUROCs of 0.90 for heart failure (HF), 0.85 for myocardial infarction (MI), 0.76 for ischemic stroke (IS), and 0.89 for mortality. Furthermore, it outperforms the Framingham risk score at 5-year MACEs and 10-year mortality prediction. Over 10-year follow-ups, the model-predicted-positive group exhibits significantly higher MACE incidences than the model-predicted-negative group (relative incidence ratio: HF: 15.28; MI: 7.87; IS: 4.74; mortality: 13.18). Using solely ECGs, ECG-MACE effectively predicts one-year events and exhibits long-term anticipation. It provides potential applications in preventive medicine.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2398-6352
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2398-6352
DOI: 10.1038/s41746-024-01410-3
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/0d4722468b3c4d61bbd4301f5221255e
Accession Number: edsdoj.0d4722468b3c4d61bbd4301f5221255e
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:23986352
DOI:10.1038/s41746-024-01410-3
Published in:npj Digital Medicine
Language:English