“Importantly, since a stethoscope is small and portable ... “We’ve transformed the icon of medicine into an AI-powered heart failure early detection tool that can help improve access ...

the noise level in a typical examining room can be dropped enough to increase a doctor’s sensitivity to heart murmurs about twelvefold. Provided, of course, he uses a healthy stethoscope.

A new handheld device could replacing traditional stethoscopes for heart disease screening, say scientists. University of Cambridge researchers have developed an instrument for detecting certain ...

Valvular heart disease (VHD) is a potentially fatal condition, yet it's difficult to diagnose with a regular stethoscope. A possibly life-saving new multi-sensor stethoscope is claimed to be much ...

The AI-driven stethoscope was 12 times more likely ... 2 in the journal Nature Medicine. "Recognizing this type of heart failure early is important to the mother's health and well-being," said ...

Athletic trainers, sports medicine professionals ... to predict dysfunction in the left ventricle of the heart). Software in the stethoscope has recording and Bluetooth capabilities, allowing ...

Full study findings are published in Nature Medicine. The trial was ... AI-based screening with the digital stethoscope and 12-lead ECG detected weak heart function with high accuracy.