Primary Care Provider, Structural Heart Disease
Conditions
Brief summary
The DAISEA-ECG project aims to improve the diagnosis of heart diseases in primary care through the DeepECG platform, which combines ECG-AI and ECHONeXT algorithms. This study uses a stepped wedge design, where each Family Medicine Group acts as its own control. The FMGs will gradually transition from the control period (without AI recommendations) to the intervention period (with AI recommendations activated) in a randomized sequence. The primary objective is to compare the sensitivity of family physicians in detecting cardiac pathologies, with and without the assistance of the DeepECG platform. Sensitivity is defined as the proportion of patients correctly referred to cardiology or for transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) among those who indeed required cardiovascular evaluation, as confirmed by an independent adjudication committee.
Detailed description
Mathematically, sensitivity is calculated as True Positive / (True Positive + False Negative), where True Positive represents correctly referred patients and false negatives represents patients who should have been referred but were not. The secondary objectives include determining the rate of cardiovascular evaluation referrals before and after the intervention (implementation of the DeepECG platform), the individual characteristics of the intervention (PPV, NPV, and specificity), as well as evaluating the feasibility of implementing AI-based automatic ECG interpretation in primary care through surveys of family physicians and cardiologists. PPV: Positive predictive value NPV: Negative predictive value
Interventions
DEVICEDeepECG plateform diagnosis & recommendations
EchoNeXT& ECG-AI algorithm
Sponsors
Montreal Heart Institute
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
stepped wedge randomization
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Family Physicians or Nurse Practitioners Family physicians or nurse practitioners (NPs) practicing in one of the participating FMGs. Family physicians who have given their free and informed consent. Patients Adult patients (18 years or older). Patients without follow-up in cardiology or internal medicine for cardiovascular issues (arrhythmia, heart failure, myocardial infarction, atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease) or those who had a negative investigation in the past with no additional follow-up. ECG Any 12-lead ECG performed with the MUSE GE 360 machine. ECG of adequate technical quality for interpretation (otherwise, it will be automatically rejected by the platform). \-
Exclusion criteria
* Family Physicians or Nurse Practitioners Family physicians practicing exclusively in pediatrics (patients under 18 years old). Family physicians unable to follow the project guidelines.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sensitivity of cardiology referrals | 18 months | Compare the sensitivity of cardiology referrals made by family physicians and nurse practitioners before and after the activation of AI-assisted diagnostics and recommendations from the DeepECG platform. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| specificity, negative predictive value, and positive predictive value of cardiology referrals | 18 months | Compare the specificity, negative predictive value, and positive predictive value of cardiology referrals made by family physicians and nurse practitioners before and after the activation of AI-assisted diagnostics and recommendations. |
Countries
Canada
Contacts
Primary ContactRobert Avram, MD
Backup ContactMarie-Gabrielle Lessard, MSc
Outcome results
None listed