AI Technology Can Predict Life-Threatening Heart Trouble, Researchers Say

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University developed artificial intelligence technology that may be able to assess a patient's risk of sudden cardiac death, which is when the heart abruptly stops beating. Sometimes, modern medicine isn't enough to help keep us healthy. The Johns Hopkins University researchers said artificial intelligence can help accurately predict if and when someone's heart will stop beating years in advance. "It uses deep learning on images in combination with deep learning also on clinical data to predict the patient's risk of sudden cardiac death over a period of 10 years," said Dr. Natalia Trayanova, a professor of biomedical engineering and medicine. Trayanova's team developed the AI technology and published their work in a medical journal.