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AI models predict India’s mortality from heart ailments
By Apoorva Komarraju  |  Sep 09, 2022
AI models predict India’s mortality from heart ailments
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Heart ailments are the leading cause of death worldwide, which means that predictive AI for spotting them is one of the most impactful ways in which AI can improve health outcomes, in addition to flagging some well-known factors that harm cardiovascular health like poor diets, excessive stress, and insufficient exercise.

TELANGANA, INDIA - From exaggerated medical dramas to every health-related Google search, heart failure is a constant. It is the most common cause of death among men and women worldwide. Cardiovascular diseases account for 30 percent of all fatalities in the United States, 45 percent in Europe, and 35 percent in Asia. To combat such a rapidly deteriorating health condition, artificial intelligence (AI) approaches like machine learning (ML) and deep learning models are being employed to advance cardiovascular care.

Despite modern-day diagnostics, early detection and diagnosis remain a challenge for cardiologists, primary care doctors, and healthcare providers. Some also criticize procedures for interpreting a patient’s medical history and tests along the lines of a physician’s clinical experience and the subjective understanding of the underlying human heart function, which is often error-prone and inefficient.1

One out of four deaths in India is from cardiovascular disease, which involves a stroke or heart disease in over 80 percent of cases. The urgent need for accurate, quick, and automated medical procedures to improve healthcare, all while simultaneously reducing the costs involved, has accelerated research on AI applications in cardiology in the country.


Cardio catastrophe

Apollo Hospitals, a leading chain of hospitals and medical education institutes in ‘presence-across-nation India,’ recently released a report that highlights the key causes of heart disease and came up with an aggressive solution-led approach.The report highlighted factors such as chronic stress, high-calorie diets, and low to negligible physical activity, all of which fuel a trend toward high blood pressure among urban Indians. This phenomenon is not just confined to India. Such lifestyles are prevalent across the world and ma

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