A new AI algorithm leveraging cardiac MRI and health data significantly outperforms current clinical guidelines in predicting risk of sudden cardiac arrest in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients.
Key Details
- 1The AI model, MAARS, uses cardiac MRI, electronic health records, and echocardiogram data.
- 2Developed and validated on cohorts of 553 and 284 patients, respectively.
- 3MAARS achieved 89% overall accuracy and 93% accuracy for high-risk patients aged 40-60.
- 4Outperformed traditional clinical guidelines (approx. 50% accuracy) and other tools in sensitivity, specificity, and AUROC (0.89 for MAARS).
- 5Could reduce unnecessary implantable defibrillators and more precisely identify at-risk patients.
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