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Apr 2021
Pioneering AI scanning technique being used by NHS to detect hidden heart disease
The NHS is using artificial intelligence to treat patients at risk of a heart attack.
Oxford University researcher say CaRi-Heart can locate minor problems undetected by routine scans, identifying scarring and inflammation in the lining of blood vessels that supply the heart.
The machine, which the NHS hopes will benefit up to 350,000 patients every year, is soon to be rolled out at 15 hospitals across the country.
Currently, around three out of every four patients who have generic computer-assisted tomography (Cat) scan following chest pains are given the all clear. However, one in five of these goes on to have a heart attack within ten years.
When the researchers used CaRi-Heart to analyse these cans results, one in three of those which were considered to be “low risk” were re-categorised as “high risk”.
Dr Cheerag Shirodaria, former British Heart Foundation researcher, who worked on the project, said “The beauty of our technology is that it will not only save countless lives, but it is incredibly simple. CaRi-Heart analysis can be undertaken on any Cat heart scan, hospitals don’t need to change equipment and patients don’t need another test.
“It fits perfectly with a physician’s workflow.”
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