An AI model from Oxford is reading hidden inflammation in routine CT scans and predicting heart failure risk up to five years before it happens.
Trained on 72,000 NHS patients, the system analyzes fat surrounding the heart and detects subtle signals that even clinicians can’t see. In testing, it reached 86% accuracy, with high-risk patients up to 20 times more likely to develop the condition.
This is what the shift looks like. Medicine is no longer waiting for symptoms. It’s starting to see what’s coming.
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