Predictive Models Aid Prognostication: Secondary Analysis Integrating Model and Physician Prognostic Estimates in Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a recent multicenter Canadian study in heart failure (HF), model predictions proved more accurate than physicians.

Objectives

Simulating clinical practice, the authors evaluated the predictive value of combining model predictions with physician estimated 1-year mortality in HF outpatients.

Methods

This post hoc analysis of a Canadian multicenter cohort study included HF outpatients (left ventricular ejection fraction ≤40%). HF cardiologists and family doctors estimated patient 1-year mortality using clinical judgment. The Seattle HF Model (SHFM) predicted mortality. All patients were followed for 1 year to collect mortality. Stratified by specialty, we compared the performance of SHFM and physician estimates alone, with a model integrating physician and

SUBMITTER: Alba AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12593655 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature