According to a study, artificial intelligence can assist physicians in determining which individuals need surgery for a potentially fatal cardiac ailment.
The most prevalent type of heart valve illness, aortic stenosis, affects about 100,000 Australians.
They become breathless, for instance. They have dizziness and chest pain occasionally as a result of it, according to Professor Michael Feneley, Director of Cardiology and Heart Lung Program at St. Vincent’s Hospital.
Cardiologists use a variety of ultrasound tests and images to assess if a patient needs a new heart valve.
Half of severe cases could be deadly within two years if untreated.
The true challenge, according to Feneley, is knowing when to intervene because replacing the aortic valve is a significant procedure.
A study involving more than 9000 patients at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney and Melbourne found that the use of artificial intelligence could identify many more patients with severe disease.
While doctors could pick up 218 people with severe aortic stenosis, the numbers doubled to 442 when using AI-assisted software.
The technology could also diagnose more women who usually fall through the cracks.
The EchoSolv program uses data from a heart ultrasound and an algorithm flags whether someone is at high risk.