Detecting dangerous cardiac arrhythmias with digital twin

ICT&health January 8, 2025

The use of digital models of organs, or digital twins, for medical science, research and diagnostics has made significant strides in recent years. New research, carried out at St George’s University in London, has shown that using a digital twin of the heart, a dangerous cardiac arrhythmia, scar-dependent ventricular tachycardia (VT), can be diagnosed more easily and without risky examination, potentially enabling new treatment options.

“People now live with the effects of heart attacks for many years, so the number of people needing procedures to treat these life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms is increasing,” he said. If digital twins became a reality, this could provide a safer and potentially more effective treatment option,” said Dr. Michael Waight, assistant professor of cardiology...

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