Can AI help predict which heart-failure patients will worsen within a year?

Can AI help predict which heart-failure patients will worsen within a year?

A new deep learning model can predict a patient's heart failure trajectory up to a year in advance. The work was developed by researchers at MIT, Mass General Brigham, and Harvard Medical School.

Characterized by weakened or damaged heart musculature, heart failure results in the gradual buildup of fluid in a patients lungs, legs, feet, and other parts of the body. The condition is chronic an… [+6503 chars]