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- Abstract:
- Transthoracic Echocardiograms (TTEs) are frequently performed inappropriately as defined by the appropriate use criteria (AUC) jointly published by the American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC)1-3. To characterize this problem, we developed a program to automatically analyze TTEs from an electronic health record system and categorize them based on the AUC guidelines. Using the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC-III) database4, 99% of the 30,320 TTEs were classified into one of six main AUC categories: general; acute; valve; cardiac structure; hypertension, heart failure, or cardiomyopathy (HTN, HF, CM); aorta; and adult congenital heart disease (ACHD). Future development will incorporate additional clinical data in order to determine TTE appropriate use rates for entire health systems.
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- Scholarly concentration: Biomedical Informatics
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Eisman, Aaron S., Weiner, Rory B., Chen, Elizabeth S., et al.,
"An Automated System for Analyzing the Application of TTE Appropriate Use Criteria"
(2016).
Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:697418/
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Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium
The Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium is an annual event at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University that provides Year II medical students a venue to present their summer research in a poster format. Participation in the Symposium …...