OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Methodist is using an artificial intelligence platform to help identify patients with aortic stenosis, a narrowing heart valve that can lead to heart failure, the hospital said. Doctors at Methodist said the condition can become severe in just a few months.
Patient seen sooner after AI flag
Methodist said a man in his 60s went in for a test for a heart murmur. Registered nurse Cindy Valgora, a structural heart coordinator at Methodist, said he was not scheduled for an appointment for two months until an AI program caught a problem.
“He actually was treated with a surgical aortic valve, he was treated and recovering before he would have ever even been seen in our usual clinic,” Valgora said.
Dr. Jai Parekh, a structural and interventional cardiologist at Methodist Physicians Clinic, said the challenge is finding the condition among intricate test results…