1. INTRODUCTION
Medical data mining has great potential for exploring the hidden
patterns in the data sets of the medical domain. These patterns can
be utilized for clinical diagnosis. However, the available raw
medical data are widely distributed, heterogeneous in nature, and
voluminous. These data need to be collected in an organized form.
This collected data can be then integrated to form a hospital
information system. Data mining technology provides a useroriented
approach to novel and hidden patterns in the data.
The World Health Organization has estimated that 12 million
deaths occurs worldwide, every year due to the Heart diseases.
Half the deaths in the United States and other developed countries
occur due to cardio vascular diseases. It is also the chief reason of