London's Royal Free Hospital to use AI keyhole procedure for heart attack patients

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Heart attack patients at the Royal Free Hospital in London are to benefit from a new artificial intelligence (AI) backed keyhole procedure.

Abbott Ultreon 1.0 software merges optical coherence tomography (OCT), an imaging tool that provides cardiologists a view inside an artery or blood vessel, with AI technology for enhanced visualisation.

This combined technology can detect the severity of calcium-based blockages and measure vessel diameter to improve the precision of surgeon's decision-making during coronary stenting procedures.The EU has approved an AI technology that can identify people at risk of a fatal heart attack, years before it strikes. 

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