TY - JOUR
T1 - A Bayesian neural network algorithm identifies patients in whom post-EVAR surveillance may be unnecessary
AU - Karthikesalingam, A.
AU - Attallah, O.
AU - Ma, X.
AU - Choke, E.
AU - Brown, M.J.
AU - Sayers, R.D.
AU - Hinchliffe, R.J.
AU - Holt, P.J.
AU - Thompson, M.M.
N1 - Supplement: Abstracts of the 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 27–29 November 2013.
PY - 2014/3/1
Y1 - 2014/3/1
N2 - Lifelong surveillance is not cost-effective after endovascular aneurysm repair
(EVAR), but is required to detect aortic complications which are fatal if
untreated (type 1/3 endoleak, sac expansion, device migration). Aneurysm
morphology determines the probability of aortic complications and therefore
the need for surveillance, but existing analyses have proven incapable of
identifying patients at sufficiently low risk to justify abandoning surveillance.
This study aimed to improve the prediction of aortic complications, through
the application of machine-learning techniques.
Patients undergoing EVAR at 2 centres were studied from 2004–2010.
Aneurysm morphology had previously been studied to derive the SGVI Score
for predicting aortic complications. Bayesian Neural Networks were designed
using the same data, to dichotomise patients into groups at low- or high-risk
of aortic complications. Network training was performed only on patients
treated at centre 1. External validation was performed by assessing network
performance independently of network training, on patients treated at centre
2. Discrimination was assessed by Kaplan-Meier analysis to compare aortic
complications in predicted low-risk versus predicted high-risk patients.
761 patients aged 75 +/− 7 years underwent EVAR in 2 centres. Mean follow-up
was 36+/− 20 months. Neural networks were created incorporating neck angu-
lation/length/diameter/volume; AAA diameter/area/volume/length/tortuosity;
and common iliac tortuosity/diameter. A 19-feature network predicted aor-
tic complications with excellent discrimination and external validation (5-year
freedom from aortic complications in predicted low-risk vs predicted high-risk
patients: 97.9% vs. 63%; p < 0.0001).
A Bayesian Neural-Network algorithm can identify patients in whom it may be
safe to abandon surveillance after EVAR. This proposal requires prospective
study.
AB - Lifelong surveillance is not cost-effective after endovascular aneurysm repair
(EVAR), but is required to detect aortic complications which are fatal if
untreated (type 1/3 endoleak, sac expansion, device migration). Aneurysm
morphology determines the probability of aortic complications and therefore
the need for surveillance, but existing analyses have proven incapable of
identifying patients at sufficiently low risk to justify abandoning surveillance.
This study aimed to improve the prediction of aortic complications, through
the application of machine-learning techniques.
Patients undergoing EVAR at 2 centres were studied from 2004–2010.
Aneurysm morphology had previously been studied to derive the SGVI Score
for predicting aortic complications. Bayesian Neural Networks were designed
using the same data, to dichotomise patients into groups at low- or high-risk
of aortic complications. Network training was performed only on patients
treated at centre 1. External validation was performed by assessing network
performance independently of network training, on patients treated at centre
2. Discrimination was assessed by Kaplan-Meier analysis to compare aortic
complications in predicted low-risk versus predicted high-risk patients.
761 patients aged 75 +/− 7 years underwent EVAR in 2 centres. Mean follow-up
was 36+/− 20 months. Neural networks were created incorporating neck angu-
lation/length/diameter/volume; AAA diameter/area/volume/length/tortuosity;
and common iliac tortuosity/diameter. A 19-feature network predicted aor-
tic complications with excellent discrimination and external validation (5-year
freedom from aortic complications in predicted low-risk vs predicted high-risk
patients: 97.9% vs. 63%; p < 0.0001).
A Bayesian Neural-Network algorithm can identify patients in whom it may be
safe to abandon surveillance after EVAR. This proposal requires prospective
study.
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bjs.9475/abstract
U2 - 10.1002/bjs.9475
DO - 10.1002/bjs.9475
M3 - Conference abstract
SN - 0007-1323
VL - 101
SP - 7
JO - The British Journal of Surgery
JF - The British Journal of Surgery
IS - S2
M1 - A3
T2 - 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Y2 - 27 November 2013 through 29 November 2013
ER -