Smidt Heart Institute Archives - HIT Leaders and News https://us.hitleaders.news/tag/smidt-heart-institute/ Healthcare Innovations and technology news and views Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:20:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 AI Identifies Heart Valve Disease From Common Imaging Test https://us.hitleaders.news/academic-research/48105/ai-identifies-heart-valve-disease-from-common-imaging-test/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-identifies-heart-valve-disease-from-common-imaging-test Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:20:59 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=48105 “This AI program can augment cardiologists’ evaluation of echocardiograms, images from a screening and diagnostic test that many patients with heart disease symptoms would already be getting,” said David Ouyang, MD, a research scientist in the Smidt Heart Institute, an investigator in the Division of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and senior author of the study. “By applying AI to echocardiograms, we can help clinicians more easily detect the signs of heart valve disease so that patients get the care they need as soon as possible.”

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]]> Experts Offer Virtual Second Opinions for Women With Heart Conditions https://us.hitleaders.news/core-categories/telehealth-2/41809/experts-offer-virtual-second-opinions-for-women-with-heart-conditions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=experts-offer-virtual-second-opinions-for-women-with-heart-conditions Tue, 19 Dec 2023 14:11:57 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=41809 The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai has expanded its popular Virtual Second Opinion Program to women living with or at risk of developing heart disease, the nation’s leading cause of death in women.

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]]> Cedars-Sinai Uses AI to Identify People With Abnormal Heart Rhythms https://us.hitleaders.news/core-categories/editors-picks-and-featured-content/41413/cedars-sinai-uses-ai-to-identify-people-with-abnormal-heart-rhythms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cedars-sinai-uses-ai-to-identify-people-with-abnormal-heart-rhythms Fri, 20 Oct 2023 14:06:30 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=41413 Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai found that an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can detect an abnormal heart rhythm in people not yet showing symptoms.

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