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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Christopher Thomas

AI can predict a patient’s chance of getting heart disease five years before it develops

A doctor uses a stethoscope to listen to a patient’s heart - (Getty/iStock)

A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool can predict a person’s risk of heart failure five years before it develops, according to a new study.

The tool, developed by the University of Oxford and funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), can detect fat around the heart, which is invisible to the human eye, to identify those at risk of developing the disease with an 86 per cent success rate.

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