Artificial intelligence is being used to find people with heart conditions before they even have symptoms.
In an ongoing trial, a ground-breaking tool scours GP records for “red flags” which could indicate whether a patient was at risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF).
John Pengelly, a former Army captain, said he was “really grateful” that the algorithm had detected his AF risk. He now takes a “couple of pills a day” to reduce his heightened chance of a potentially deadly stroke.
AF causes an irregular and often abnormally fast heart rate, and people with it have a significantly higher risk of stroke.
Some sufferers experience heart palpitations, dizziness, shortness of breath and tiredness – but others have no symptoms and are unaware their heart rate is irregular. […]
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