AI-Enabled ECG Helps Identify Heart Failure

The article, "AI-Enabled ECG Improves Ability to Identify Heart Failure in Emergency Departments," was originally published on Practical Cardiology. An artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled electrocardiogram (ECG) could aid clinicians in emergency departments more accurately identify heart failure. Findings from the study indicate the AI-enhanced ECG could improve identification of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients presenting the emergency departments with acute dyspnea. "AI-enhanced ECGs are quicker and outperform current standard-of-care tests. Our results suggest that high-risk cardiac patients can be identified quicker in the emergency department and provides an opportunity to link them early to appropriate cardiovascular care," said lead investigator Demilade Adedinsewo, MD, MPH, chief fellow in the division of cardiovascular medicine at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, in a statement.