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Machine learning techniques were utilized not only for risk stratification and classification but also for predicting the physiological variability within the original patient population.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>By randomly varying the statistical shape modes within a range of\u2009\u00b1\u20092\u03c3, a hundred virtual patients were generated, forming the synthetic cohort. Validation against the original patient population was conducted using morphological measurements. Support vector machine regression, based on selected shape modes (principal component scores), effectively predicted the peak pressure gradient across the stenosis (<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>-squared of 0.551 and RMSE of 11.67\u00a0mmHg). 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