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ArticleEuropean heart journal2025

Artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiography and echocardiography to track preclinical progression of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy.

Evangelos K Oikonomou, Veer Sangha, Sumukh Vasisht Shankar, Andreas Coppi, Harlan M Krumholz, Khurram Nasir, Edward J Miller, Cesia Gallegos Kattan, Mouaz H Al-Mallah, Sadeer Al-Kindi and 1 more

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Evangelos K OikonomouSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4362-0720
Veer SanghaSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8524-1203
Sumukh Vasisht ShankarSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-3034-0641
Andreas CoppiCardiovascular Data Science (CarDS) Lab, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Harlan M KrumholzSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2046-127X
Khurram NasirDivision of Cardiovascular Prevention and Wellness, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Edward J MillerSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Cesia Gallegos KattanSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Mouaz H Al-MallahHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Sadeer Al-KindiHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1122-7695
Rohan KheraSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9467-6199

Funding

Translating Personalized Inference from Randomized Clinical Trials to Real-World Cardiovascular CareR01HL167858 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Rohan Khera · 2024 to 2026
$2.3M
Evaluating and Improving Utilization of Evidence-Based Medical Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure using Automated Tools in the Electronic Health RecordK23HL153775 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KHERA, ROHAN · 2021 to 2025
$918k
BridgeBioNHLBI NIH HHSNIH HHS 1F32HL170592NIH HHS K23HL153775NIH HHS R01HL167858Yale University
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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsThe diagnosis of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) requires advanced imaging, precluding large-scale preclinical testing. Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and electrocardiography (ECG) may provide a scalable strategy for preclinical monitoring.

methodsThis was a retrospective analysis of individuals referred for nuclear cardiac amyloid testing at the Yale-New Haven Health System (YNHHS, internal cohort) and Houston Methodist Hospitals (HMH, external cohort). Deep learning models trained to discriminate ATTR-CM from age/sex-matched controls on TTE videos (AI-Echo) and ECG images (AI-ECG) were deployed to generate study-level ATTR-CM probabilities (0%-100%). Longitudinal trends in AI-derived probabilities were examined using age/sex-adjusted linear mixed models, and their discrimination of future disease was evaluated across preclinical stages.

resultsAmong 984 participants at YNHHS (median age 74 years, 44.3% female) and 806 at HMH (median age 69 years, 34.5% female), 112 (11.4%) and 174 (21.6%) tested positive for ATTR-CM, respectively. Across cohorts and modalities, AI-derived ATTR-CM probabilities from 7352 TTEs and 32 205 ECGs diverged as early as 3 years before diagnosis in cases vs controls (ptime(x)group interaction  ≤ .004). Among those with both AI-Echo and AI-ECG probabilities available 1 to 3 years before nuclear testing [n = 433 (YNHHS) sand 174 (HMH)], a double-negative screen at a 0.05 threshold [164 (37.9%) and 66 (37.9%), vs all else] had 90.9% and 85.7% sensitivity (specificity of 40.3% and 41.2%), whereas a double-positive screen [78 (18.0%) and 26 (14.9%), vs all else] had 85.5% and 88.9% specificity (sensitivity of 60.6% and 42.9%).

conclusionsArtificial intelligence-enabled echocardiography and electrocardiography may enable scalable risk stratification of ATTR-CM during its preclinical course.

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Amyloid Neuropathies, FamilialArtificial IntelligenceCardiomyopathiesEchocardiographyElectrocardiographyAgedAged, 80 and overDeep LearningDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesArtificial intelligenceCardiac amyloidosisEchocardiographyElectrocardiographyScreeningTransthyretin

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PMID40679604
PMCPMC12488324

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