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Ganzer PD, Loeian MS, Roof SR, Teng B, Lin L, Friedenberg DA, Baumgart IW, Meyers EC, Chun KS, Rich A, Tsao AL, Muir WW, Weber DJ, Hamlin RL. Dynamic detection and reversal of myocardial ischemia using an artificially intelligent bioelectronic medicine. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabj5473. [PMID: 34985951 PMCID: PMC8730601 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abj5473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Myocardial ischemia is spontaneous, frequently asymptomatic, and contributes to fatal cardiovascular consequences. Importantly, myocardial sensory networks cannot reliably detect and correct myocardial ischemia on their own. Here, we demonstrate an artificially intelligent and responsive bioelectronic medicine, where an artificial neural network (ANN) supplements myocardial sensory networks, enabling reliable detection and correction of myocardial ischemia. ANNs were first trained to decode spontaneous cardiovascular stress and myocardial ischemia with an overall accuracy of ~92%. ANN-controlled vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) significantly mitigated major physiological features of myocardial ischemia, including ST depression and arrhythmias. In contrast, open-loop VNS or ANN-controlled VNS following a caudal vagotomy essentially failed to reverse cardiovascular pathophysiology. Last, variants of ANNs were used to meet clinically relevant needs, including interpretable visualizations and unsupervised detection of emerging cardiovascular stress. Overall, these preclinical results suggest that ANNs can potentially supplement deficient myocardial sensory networks via an artificially intelligent bioelectronic medicine system.
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Affiliation(s)
- Patrick D. Ganzer
- Medical Devices and Neuromodulation, Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Ave., Columbus, OH 43201, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, 1320 S Dixie Hwy., Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
- The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, 1095 NW 14th Terrace #48, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Corresponding author.
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- Medical Devices and Neuromodulation, Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Ave., Columbus, OH 43201, USA
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- QTest Labs, 6456 Fiesta Dr., Columbus, OH 43235, USA
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- QTest Labs, 6456 Fiesta Dr., Columbus, OH 43235, USA
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- Health Analytics, Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Ave., Columbus, OH 43201, USA
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- Health Analytics, Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Ave., Columbus, OH 43201, USA
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- Medical Devices and Neuromodulation, Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Ave., Columbus, OH 43201, USA
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- Medical Devices and Neuromodulation, Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Ave., Columbus, OH 43201, USA
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- Medical Devices and Neuromodulation, Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Ave., Columbus, OH 43201, USA
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- Health Analytics, Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Ave., Columbus, OH 43201, USA
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- Cardiovascular Section, Department of Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- QTest Labs, 6456 Fiesta Dr., Columbus, OH 43235, USA
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, 6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway, Harrogate, TN 37752, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Neuroscience, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- QTest Labs, 6456 Fiesta Dr., Columbus, OH 43235, USA
- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, 1900 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43201, USA
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Ataee P, Dumont GA, Noubari HA, Boyce WT, Ansermino JM. A novel approach to the design of an artificial bionic baroreflex. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2013; 2013:3813-6. [PMID: 24110562 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2013.6610375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This paper presents a computationally efficient method to design an artificial bionic baroreflex. This work is built upon a physiology-based mathematical model of autonomic-cardiac regulation describing the regulation of heart rate and blood pressure as well as a system identification technique to identify a subject-specific mathematical model for each subject. The control strategy to regulate blood pressure is developed based upon the in-vivo baroreflex mechanism. A unique strength of the proposed method is its capability to determine the modulating baroreflex functions on the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve activities. This method can be used in the treatment of individuals with baroreflex failure through overriding the corresponding nerves to properly regulate blood pressure. In fact, nerve overriding causes heart rate and arterial stiffness to adjust such that blood pressure reaches a proper range to provide enough oxygenated-blood to the critical organs.
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Sugimachi M, Sunagawa K. Bionic cardiology: exploration into a wealth of controllable body parts in the cardiovascular system. IEEE Rev Biomed Eng 2009; 2:172-86. [PMID: 22275044 DOI: 10.1109/rbme.2009.2034623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Bionic cardiology is the medical science of exploring electronic control of the body, usually via the neural system. Mimicking or modifying biological regulation is a strategy used to combat diseases. Control of ventricular rate during atrial fibrillation by selective vagal stimulation, suppression of ischemia-related ventricular fibrillation by vagal stimulation, and reproduction of neurally commanded heart rate are some examples of bionic treatment for arrhythmia. Implantable radio-frequency-coupled on-demand carotid sinus stimulators succeeded in interrupting or preventing anginal attacks but were replaced later by coronary revascularization. Similar but fixed-intensity carotid sinus stimulators were used for hypertension but were also replaced by drugs. Recently, however, a self-powered implantable device has been reappraised for the treatment of drug-resistant hypertension. Closed-loop spinal cord stimulation has successfully treated severe orthostatic hypotension in a limited number of patients. Vagal nerve stimulation is effective in treating heart failure in animals, and a small-size clinical trial has just started. Simultaneous corrections of multiple hemodynamic abnormalities in an acute decompensated state are accomplished simply by quantifying fundamental cardiovascular parameters and controlling these parameters. Bionic cardiology will continue to promote the development of more sophisticated device-based therapies for otherwise untreatable diseases and will inspire more intricate applications in the twenty-first century.
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- Masaru Sugimachi
- Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, Advanced Medical Engineering Center, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 5658565 Suita, Japan.
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