<i>Heart Rhythm O2</i> Presents: Innovations in Digital Health-<i>Heart Rhythm O2</i> Presents: Innovations in Digital Health

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The Heart Rhythm O2 Presents session focused on innovations in digital health and highlighted notable papers chosen by the journal's editors. The session included diverse topics related to digital health applications, focusing on the benefits, challenges, and potential improvements within cardiac care.<br /><br />Firstly, Bert Vandenberg discussed concerns about digital health from the perspective of a cardiac implantable electrical device remote monitoring clinic. The presentation highlighted the increased workload associated with digital health, emphasizing the need for standardized workflows, reimbursement models, and data interoperability.<br /><br />Jake Berquist's presentation focused on the evaluation of off-the-shelf machine learning architectures in detecting low left ventricular ejection fraction from ECGs. The study found that existing image-based machine learning models performed favorably in ECG analysis, although there were biases based on patient characteristics like age and comorbidities.<br /><br />Megan Turchio explored associations between atrial fibrillation (AF) symptom clusters and major adverse cardiovascular events after catheter ablation. Her research noted that specific symptom clusters, such as anxiety and fatigue-palpitations, were associated with a lower risk of adverse events, suggesting the need for further research into clinical symptom phenotypes.<br /><br />Finally, Ivan Zelchevic evaluated ChatGPT-4's effectiveness in informing AF patients. The study revealed varying performance across different categories, with the AI showing particularly strong results in providing straightforward lifestyle and daily management advice.<br /><br />Overall, these presentations underline the promising future of digital health technologies in improving clinical care while also recognizing the existing challenges that need to be addressed.

Keywords

digital health

cardiac care

machine learning

ECG analysis

atrial fibrillation

ChatGPT-4

remote monitoring

data interoperability

symptom clusters

cardiovascular events