AI algorithm can predict chances of death from heart attack more accurately than human doctors

The AI examined 1.77 million ECG results from 400,000 patients before concluding whether the patients would survive for the next year. — SCMP

Artificial intelligence at a US health centre can predict a person’s chances of dying from heart test results, including those that look normal to doctors, but how it works remains a mystery.

Algorithms developed by researchers at the health care provider Geisinger in Pennsylvania can calculate a patient’s survival rate within a year by analysing echocardiogram (ECG) results, according to an article published by New Scientist earlier this month.