New AI Tech May Help Predict Heart Attacks Five Years in Advance

What if you could predict a heart attack? Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center announced this week the development of a tool that uses artificial intelligence to measure artery health and detect future cardiac risks in seemingly healthy patients as far as five years in advance. Heart attacks are often caused by plaque deposits in arteries, the muscular-walled tubes that carry oxygenated blood throughout the body. These deposits constrict blood flow and raise the risk of potential heart problems. While doctors can use CTA scans to create 3D images of a patient's arteries and measure the density and composition of such plaque, it can be a complicated and time-consuming process.