Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide and is a global
health issue. Traditionally, statistical models are used commonly in the risk prediction and …

Background Chest pain is amongst the most common reason for presentation to the
emergency department (ED). There are many causes of chest pain, and it is important for the …

Although guidelines recommend fixed cardiac troponin thresholds for the diagnosis of
myocardial infarction, troponin concentrations are influenced by age, sex, comorbidities and …

Background: High-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays enable myocardial infarction to be
ruled out earlier, but the safety and efficacy of this approach is uncertain. We investigated …

Background Accurate diagnostic strategies to identify SARS-CoV-2 positive individuals
rapidly for management of patient care and protection of health care personnel are urgently …

Background: Although the 99th percentile is the recommended diagnostic threshold for
myocardial infarction, some guidelines also advocate the use of higher troponin thresholds …

We wanted to assess if “Explainable AI” in the form of extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost)
could outperform traditional logistic regression in predicting myocardial infarction (MI) in a …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the top ten leading causes of death worldwide.
Atherosclerosis disease in the arteries is the main cause of the CVD, leading to myocardial …

Abstract Background Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) is the leading cause of death in
Portugal and globally. The present investigation created a model based on machine …

Decision making in case of medical diagnosis is a complicated process. A large number of
overlapping structures and cases, and distractions, tiredness, and limitations with the human …