Method of estimation of the hemodynamic status and capacity of effort from patients with cardiovascular and pulmonar diseases

A non-invasive diagnostic method of diagnosing cardiovascular performance by clinical testing to determine the hemodynatnic state and the effort capacity of an individual subjected to trial, the method comprising the steps of:

• capturing thermal images utilizing an infrared thermographic camera from one of a) a face and a hand of the individual, and b) a front and lateral side of the face of the individual;
• entering the thermal images on a magnetic medium to be analyzed;
• on the captured thermal images, determining temperature values of a series of specific preselected points in established regions of the individual;
• analyzing said temperature values through a library of code and software of the infrared thermographic camera, which allows an interpretation of infrared color spectrum and translation into temperature in degrees centigrade;
• entering on a magnetic medium additional data consisting of general parameters of the individual and the environment in which the method is taking place;
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• analyzing the acquired data obtained through the previous steps by means of predictive Machine Learning (ML) techniques in order to predict the results of:
• i) a distance walked by the individual if subjected to a Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT), or
• ii) a Cardiac index (CI) and Systemic Vascular Resistance (SVR) of the individual if subjected to hemodynamic monitoring with Swan-Ganz catheter, if the individual is subjected to either of tests i) and ii).