Abstract
Microsimulation can be used to predict the prognosis of an individual patient based on a virtual patient population of copies of that patient. In this study we compare the outcomes of an existing validated microsimulation program that is designed to study valvular heart disease and a newly developed microsimulation program that is designed to study heart diseases in general. We studied in depth the results of both systems to model the prognosis of a 40 year old male patient undergoing allograft surgery. Furthermore we studied the model results in relation to age and sex to provide a general overview of the most important outcome variables including operative mortality, average survival time, average event free time and average time to reoperation. Our results show a good agreement between the two systems regarding all simulations of allograft surgery. We intend to use the newly developed software to explore other disease/event related prognostic models.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Computing in Cardiology 2011, CinC 2011 |
| Pages | 561-564 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Event | Computing in Cardiology 2011, CinC 2011 - Hangzhou, China Duration: 18 Sept 2011 → 21 Sept 2011 |
Publication series
| Series | Computing in Cardiology |
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| Volume | 38 |
| ISSN | 0276-6574 |
Conference
| Conference | Computing in Cardiology 2011, CinC 2011 |
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| Country/Territory | China |
| City | Hangzhou |
| Period | 18/09/11 → 21/09/11 |
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