From heart disease to fertility viability, how AI and ML are making an impact

A new innovative medical device, known as EchoGo Pro, has been developed by the UK-based health tech firm, Ultromics, to use artificial intelligence technology to predict coronary artery disease in patients. According to the World Health Organisation, approximately 17 million deaths per year are caused by cardiovascular diseases, making it the number one cause of death around the world. EchoGo Pro is able to detect heart disease by using AI-operated ultrasound analysis to scan images of the heart and identify the presence of a cardiovascular condition. Diagnosing heart disease is an extremely complicated process, due to complex symptoms, comorbidities and circumstances that make it difficult for health professionals to identify the disease visually. In fact, approximately 1 in 5 patients are misdiagnosed with heart disease due to the difficulty in diagnosing it.