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  • The CERTAINTY study aims to improve the identification of individuals at low risk for ventricular arrhythmia (VA) among those who may need implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) to reduce complications.* -
  • This study utilizes deep learning techniques to analyze cine cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) images, developing two neural networks: one for extracting cardiac features (Cine Fingerprint Extractor) and another for predicting VA risk (Risk Predictor).* -
  • Findings show that a cine risk score derived from CMR images effectively differentiates between patients with and without VA, suggesting that cine CMR can enhance risk predictions in patients being considered for primary prevention ICDs.*

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Better models to identify individuals at low risk of ventricular arrhythmia (VA) are needed for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) candidates to mitigate the risk of ICD-related complications. We designed the CERTAINTY study (CinE caRdiac magneTic resonAnce to predIct veNTricular arrhYthmia) with deep learning for VA risk prediction from cine cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). Using a training cohort of primary prevention ICD recipients (n = 350, 97 women, median age 59 years, 178 ischemic cardiomyopathy) who underwent CMR immediately prior to ICD implantation, we developed two neural networks: Cine Fingerprint Extractor and Risk Predictor. The former extracts cardiac structure and function features from cine CMR in a form of cine fingerprint in a fully unsupervised fashion, and the latter takes in the cine fingerprint and outputs disease outcomes as a cine risk score. Patients with VA (n = 96) had a significantly higher cine risk score than those without VA. Multivariate analysis showed that the cine risk score was significantly associated with VA after adjusting for clinical characteristics, cardiac structure and function including CMR-derived scar extent. These findings indicate that non-contrast, cine CMR inherently contains features to improve VA risk prediction in primary prevention ICD candidates. We solicit participation from multiple centers for external validation.

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