Journal of Nursing & Care

Cheryl Ann Alexander

Publications

• Research Article
  Big Data Analytics in Heart Attack Prediction
  Author(s): Cheryl Ann Alexander and Lidong WangCheryl Ann Alexander and Lidong Wang
  
  Introduction: Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) is one of the deadliest diseases patients face. The key to cardiovascular disease management is to evaluate large scores of datasets, compare and mine for information that can be used to predict, prevent, manage and treat chronic diseases such as heart attacks. Big Data analytics, known in the corporate world for its valuable use in controlling, contrasting and managing large datasets can be applied with much success to the prediction, prevention, management and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Data mining, visualization and Hadoop are technologies or tools of big data in mining the voluminous datasets for information. Aim: The aim of this literature review was to identify usage of Big Data analytics in heart attack prediction and prevention, the use of technologies applicable to big data, privacy concerns for the patient, a.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000393

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