An intelligent Decision Support System for the treatment of patients receiving ventricular assist device (VAD) support

Author

Karvounis, Evaggelos C. ; Katertsidis, Nikolaos S. ; Exarchos, Themis P. ; Fotiadis, Dimitrios I.

Author_Institution

Biomed. Res. Inst.-FORTH, Ioannina, Greece

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

8295

Lastpage

8298

Abstract

The scope of this paper is to present the Specialist´s Decision Support System (SDSS), part of the overall Decision Support Framework that is developed under the SensorART platform. The SensorART platform focuses on the management and remote treatment of patients suffering from end-stage heart failure. The SDSS assists specialists on designing the best treatment plan for their patients before and after VAD implantation, analyzing patients´ data, extracting new knowledge, and making informative decisions. It creates a hallmark in the field, supporting medical and VAD experts through the different phases of VAD therapy.

Keywords

cardiology; decision support systems; medical expert systems; patient treatment; prosthetics; telemedicine; SDSS; SensorART platform; VAD support; end stage heart failure; intelligent decision support system; remote patient management; remote patient treatment; specialist decision support system; ventricular assist device support; Data mining; Data models; Decision support systems; Feature extraction; Heart; Medical treatment; Monitoring; Computer Simulation; Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Heart-Assist Devices; Humans;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6092045

Filename

6092045