On-line integration and analysis of cardiological data to support medical decision making

A Web application was built to support cardiologist´s medical decision-making. Main components are: 1. a 3D-dynamic virtual heart, integrating the single patient´s cardiac and coronary abnormalities. 2. Estimation of patient´s outcome on the basis of historical data analysis on the subpopulation/s with the closest similarity to the patient´s risk profile. 3. Same derived from published clinical controlled trials. 4. External web links to international guidelines, risk charts and epidemiological surveys. Each patient is characterized by over one-hundred parameters belonging to anamnesis, test results, final diagnosis, therapy and follow-up. Historical data were retrieved from the Institute´s cardiology database-containing more than 11,000 patients hospitalized in the last 30 years and systematically followed up for 10 years - and were graphically rendered. Cardiologists have expressed appreciation toward the project as it gives easy access to a wide range of data, precious for medical decision-making and important for research protocols and clinical and administrative patient management.