Researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) aim to recruit 3,000 patients to help improve the accuracy of a tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and designed to predict the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, the first of its kind in the city.
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The university’s medical school announced the coming recruitment round for its “Heartwise” study on Sunday, with Clinical Professor Yiu Kai-hang hoping for improved outcomes for patients.
“The findings have the potential to improve cardiovascular disease risk assessment, enhance primary and secondary prevention strategies, and promote personalised healthcare,” said Yiu, of the cardiology division of HKU’s department of medicine.
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Developed by the university’s Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the “P-Cardiac” tool uses AI to assess a patient’s risk of developing the disease by tapping into the largest patient records database in Asia.
The database includes 300,000 patient records from the Hospital Authority.