USA, VA, Charlottesville

This study aims to optimize the use of donor hearts for infants and children awaiting heart transplantation by developing predictive models to assess in real-time the potential for transplant success and to evaluate risk. Researchers plan to display these data through intuitive visualizations on a custom-built interface to reduce clinicians’ cognitive burden, enhance decision making confidence, and help ensure the best donor match for pediatric patients.

This research evaluates an artificial intelligence risk predictive tool called CoMET that uses visual outputs of patient data to serve as an early warning system for patients at risk of cardiac decompensation to allow for earlier intervention and reduction in morbidity and mortality.