Added value of a resting ECG neural network that predicts cardiovascular mortality

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-34

  Perez, Marco V ^a,c   Dewey, Frederick E ^a   Tan, Swee Y ^b   Myers, Jonathan ^b   Froelicher, Victor F ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Mortality; Neural network; RENN score; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESTING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM NEURAL NETWORK; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 58449111868     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2008.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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