Heart Failure Prediction

Heart failure is a frequent event caused by cardiovascular diseases, the number one cause of death globally. People with cardiovascular diseases or at high cardiovascular risk (due to the presence of one or more risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, or already established disease) need early detection and management.

Therefore, the purpose of this report was to predict how often patients with specific diseases have heart disease, gender with a high probability of having heart disease, and their age group. Also, to determine which conditions often lead to heart disease, how to tackle these issues, and recommendations on how to go about it subsequently.

Outline

• The problem

• Findings

• Conclusion

• Recommendations

Let's dive in!

The Problem

One major problem is the frequent heart failure caused by cardiovascular diseases.

Cardiovascular disease cannot be cured but can be managed. These stresses more on the early detection of these diseases before they turn lethal. When these symptoms are discovered early and managed right, they reduce the chances of a heart attack.

Findings

In both gender, asymptomatic (ASY), as the name goes, shows no symptom of the disease and proves to be disastrous. It exhibits a 77% rate of having heart disease in both genders. Hence, individuals with this chest pain type are at high cardiovascular risk.

It makes a lot of sense to observe an increased percentage in Atypical Angina (ATA), Non-Angina Pain (NAP), and Typical Angina (TA). This increase indicates how individuals with any of the three chest pain types have a high chance of being free of cardiovascular diseases. This can also be attributed to the early detection and management of these diseases.

Male patients with asymptomatic chest pain type (77%) and age range 40 - 65 are at high cardiovascular risk. We have more males with heart disease than females in this age range. Female patients for all age ranges are way below the trend line and are at low cardiovascular risk.

Hence, the likelihood of patients having heart disease is increased if the patient has asymptomatic chest pain type, is male, age above 40, is diabetic, and resting blood pressure is above 140mmHg.

Conclusion

Men are more prone to cardiovascular diseases than women, especially those aged 40 - 65. We can attribute this to many factors, such as men not prioritizing their health, stress, and pressure. Generally, it is well-known that women tend to outlive men. Also, not all diabetic patients have heart failure, but most patients, especially males with resting blood pressure above 140mmHg, have heart disease resulting in heat failure.

Lastly, patients with Asymptomatic chest pain experience heart disease more often than patients with other chest pain types. Therefore these patients have a higher risk of having heart failure. This can be attributed to the fact that these patients feel or experience no symptoms before the initial attack. Hence, making their condition lethal before detection.

Recommendations

Individuals, especially males (as they have high cardiovascular risk), should take their health seriously. And, regardless of any discomfort, visit the hospital regularly for checkups. This will go a long way in catching these diseases at their early stage, especially for those with asymptomatic symptoms. Also, governments and health sectors should have programs set up to enlighten citizens on the benefit of regular checkups.