US study shows how a small deviation in the shape of the left ventricle was associated with a 47 per cent increase in heart disease risk up to 10 years later. Converting these findings into an ECG or Echo equivalent would make more sense, says Dr Rakesh Yadav, professor of cardiology, AIIMS
While cardiac sphericity was the focus of Stanford Medicine-led research, the possibility of data science expanding the reach of biomedical science was its true core, researchers say.