By Roselyne Min
Publication Date: 2026-01-03 06:17:00
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A new artificial intelligence tool could speed up the search for treatments for heart disease, according to a new study.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death and disability across the European UnionAccording to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), about 1.7 million people die each year from the disease, which affects 62 million people.
Scientists at Imperial College London have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to identify which genes are linked to disease and find drugs for heart disease more quickly by combining detailed heart scans with large medical databases.
The tool, called CardioKG, was developed using cardiac imaging data from thousands of people in the UK Biobank. These included patients with conditions such as atrial fibrillation, heart failure and heart attack, as well as…
