Medical Xpress March 31, 2025
Many cases of sudden cardiac death could be avoided thanks to artificial intelligence. As part of a new study published in the European Heart Journal, a network of artificial neurons imitating the human brain was developed by researchers from Inserm, Paris Cité University and the Paris public hospitals group (AP-HP), in collaboration with their colleagues in the U.S.
During the analysis of data from over 240,000 ambulatory electrocardiograms, this algorithm identified patients at risk of a serious arrhythmia that was capable of triggering cardiac arrest within the following two weeks in over 70% of cases.
Each year, sudden cardiac death is responsible for over 5 million deaths worldwide. Many of these cardiac arrests occur out of the blue with no...
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