Politico April 9, 2024
An artificial intelligence system could make diagnosing a common cardiac condition more accessible, potentially leading to better care and improved treatments, researchers told Future Pulse.
They and their colleagues recently published a study in JAMA Cardiology that argues AI could be suitable for predicting aortic stenosis, or the narrowing of the valve that connects the heart to the body’s main artery.
The disease affects more than 1 million Americans who have an increased risk of heart failure or death.
“It really moves the needle in terms of figuring out who these patients are that are at risk of developing aortic stenosis so that we can improve how we treat [them],” said Dr. Evangelos Oikonomou, one of the study’s authors.
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