New Study Demonstrates Value of AI-Enabled EKG Algorithm in Routine Practice
Written by AZoRoboticsMay 7 2021
There are several forms of heart disease, but some types of this medical condition, like asymptomatic low ejection fraction, can be difficult to detect, particularly during the early stages when therapies would be highly effective.
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The EAGLE short for ECG AI-Guided Screening for Low Ejection Fraction trial attempted to establish whether an artificial intelligence (AI) screening tool designed to spot low ejection fraction through EKG data could enhance the diagnosis of this medical disorder in regular practice. The results of the study have been published in the
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The Mayo Clinic released results of a trial this week that suggests potential for artificial intelligence to assist with early diagnosis of some types of heart disease.
The study, published in
Nature Medicine on Thursday, found that an AI-enabled electrocardiogram increased the diagnosis of low ejection fraction. The AI-enabled EKG facilitated the diagnosis of patients with low ejection fraction in a real-world setting by identifying people who previously would have slipped through the cracks, said Dr. Peter Noseworthy, a Mayo Clinic cardiac electrophysiologist who was the senior author on the study, in a press release.
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Trial demonstrates early AI-guided detection of heart disease in routine practice
Heart disease can take a number of forms, but some types of heart disease, such as asymptomatic low ejection fraction, can be hard to recognize, especially in the early stages when treatment would be most effective. The ECG AI-Guided Screening for Low Ejection Fraction, or EAGLE, trial set out to determine whether an artificial intelligence (AI) screening tool developed to detect low ejection fraction using data from an EKG could improve the diagnosis of this condition in routine practice. Study findings are published in Nature Medicine.
Systolic low ejection fraction is defined as the heart’s inability to contract strongly enough with each beat to pump at least 50% of the blood from its chamber. An echocardiogram can readily diagnose low ejection fraction, but this time-consuming imaging test requires more resources than a 12-lead EKG, which is fast, inexpensive and readily available. Th