• Algorithm for predicting valvular heart disease from heart sounds in an unselected cohort 

      Waaler, Per Niklas Benzler; Melbye, Hasse; Schirmer, Henrik; Johnsen, Markus Kreutzer; Dønnem, Tom; Ravn, Johan Fredrik; Andersen, Stian; Davidsen, Anne Herefoss; Aviles Solis, Juan Carlos; Stylidis, Michael; Bongo, Lars Ailo Aslaksen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-01-24)
      Objective: This study aims to assess the ability of state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms to detect valvular heart disease (VHD) from digital heart sound recordings in a general population that includes asymptomatic cases and intermediate stages of disease progression.<p> <p>Methods: We trained a recurrent neural network to predict murmurs from heart sound audio using annotated recordings ...
    • Diagnostic accuracy of heart auscultation for detecting valve disease: a systematic review 

      Davidsen, Anne Herefoss; Andersen, Stian; Halvorsen, Peder Andreas; Schirmer, Henrik; Reierth, Eirik; Melbye, Hasse (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-24)
      Objective The objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy in detecting valvular heart disease (VHD) by heart auscultation, performed by medical doctors.<p> <p>Design/methods A systematic literature search for diagnostic studies comparing heart auscultation to echocardiography or angiography, to evaluate VHD in adults, was performed in MEDLINE (1947–November 2021) and ...
    • Interrater and intrarater agreement on heart murmurs 

      Andersen, Stian; Davidsen, Anne Herefoss; Schirmer, Henrik; Melbye, Hasse; Spigt, Marcus; Aviles Solis, Juan Carlos (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-04)
      Objective: To investigate interrater and intrarater agreement between physicians and medical students on heart sound classification from audio recordings, and factors predicting agreement with a reference classification.<p> <p>Design: Intra- and interrater agreement study. <p>Subjects: Seventeen GPs and eight cardiologists from Norway and the Netherlands, eight medical students from Norway. <p>Main ...
    • Prevalence and clinical associations of wheezes and crackles in the general population: The Tromsø study 

      Aviles Solis, Juan Carlos; Jacome, Cristina; Davidsen, Anne Herefoss; Einarsen, R; Vanbelle, Sophie; Pasterkamp, Hans; Melbye, Hasse (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-11)
      <i>Background</i> - Wheezes and crackles are well-known signs of lung diseases, but can also be heard in apparently healthy adults. However, their prevalence in a general population has been sparsely described. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of wheezes and crackles in a large general adult population and explore associations with self-reported disease, smoking status and ...