Category: heart failure

FDA clears algorithms that detect heart murmurs and AFib

Post author By Randall
Post date January 28, 2020
Categories In afib, Ai, algorithm, eko, fda, gear, healthcare, heart, heart failure, medical device, medicine, screening, stethoscope, Tech

[ad_1] According to the company, the AI can identify heart murmurs with 87 percent sensitivity and 87 percent specificity. In comparison, primary care physicians unaided by AI had a 43 percent sensitivity and 69 percent specificity, according to a study in European Heart Journal. When used with the Eko DUO stethoscope, the AI reportedly detected […]

The FDA is fast-tracking an algorithm that screens for heart failure

Post author By Randall
Post date December 18, 2019
Categories In algorithm, breakthrough, device, ecg, eko, electrocardiogram, exams, fda, heart, heart failure, heart monitor, mayo clinic, mayoclinic, medicine, screening, stethoscope, Tech, telehealth, tomorrow

[ad_1] The algorithm was introduced in a study published in Nature Medicine in January 2019. It was trained on 44,959 patients and tested on 52,870 patients. In those initial tests, it showed 87.5 percent accuracy. The algorithm is designed to work with Eko’s DUO digital stethoscope. The handheld device can be placed on the left […]