By analyzing blood samples and the heart's speed to find any signs that the heart muscle will stop, scientists claim that artificial intelligence can predict the stopping of the heart in people with heart disorders.
The British Medical Research Council's research team stated:By knowing which patients require more intensive treatment, this technology has the potential to save the lives of many of them.
The British Journal of Radiology published the study's findings.
Researchers at the Medical Research Council in Britain said they were studying patients with pulmonary hypertension.
High blood pressure in the lungs damages part of the heart, and a third of patients die within 5 years of being diagnosed with the disease.
High blood pressure is treated by taking medications, injecting injections directly into the blood vessels, or with a lung transplant. However, doctors had no idea how long their patients would live to be able to choose the appropriate treatment for them.
The researchers provided an artificial intelligence program with magnetic resonance images of 265 heart patients, in addition to the results of their blood analyzes.
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And they said, "The program worked to measure the movement of 30,000 parts of the heart's structure during each beat."
They explained that "when this data is combined with the patient's records for the past eight years, the artificial intelligence program was able to identify health defects that may occur and end his life."
And they added that "the program may predict the patient's health for the next five years."
The results of the research showed that "the artificial intelligence program predicted patients who would survive for one year, and this percentage was about 80 percent, while the percentage of correctness of what doctors predicted was 60 percent."
One of the researchers, Dr Declan O'Regan, told the BBC: "The AI program allows us to choose the right treatment for patients."
Oregan added that "this program studies the results of dozens of tests, including imaging, to clearly know what will happen to each individual patient," noting that "this allows the selection of intensive treatment for patients who will benefit from it more than others."
The research team will test the AI software on other patients in other hospitals to see if it should be made available for doctors to use.
The researchers want to use this technology for patients with weak heart muscle to see who needs a pacemaker or different treatments.
Dr Mike Neptune, from the British Heart Foundation, said: "This exciting news about the use of the software in doctors' offices will help them in the future to ensure that their patients receive appropriate treatment before their health conditions deteriorate and require a lung transplant."
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