Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access

Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, USA

Publications

• Research Article   
  Creation and Validation of an Algorithm Predicting Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation Following Pulmonary Vein Isolation Utilizing Real-World Data and Ensemble Modeling Techniques
  Author(s): Adam E. Berman*, Deepak Nag Ayyala, Paul Maddux, Aaron Gopal and William White
  
  Objective: Catheter Ablation (CA) of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) represents a mainstay of the treatment of this increasingly prevalent arrhythmia. Prospective clinical trials investigating the efficacy of CA may poorly represent real-world patient populations. However, many real-world clinical data sets possess missing data, which may impede their applicability in research. Thus, we sought to use ensemble modeling to address missing data and develop a model to estimate the probability of AF recurrence following CA. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed clinical variables in 476 patients who underwent an initial CA of AF. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression was performed to determine those variables predictive of AF recurrence. A multivariate logistic model was created to estimate the probability of AF recurrence after CA. Missing dat.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9880.23.14.768

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