Chest auscultation has long been considered a useful part of the physical examination, going back to the time of Hippocrates. However, it did not become a widespread practice until the invention of ...

Rural cardiovascular disparities and limited specialist access are motivating AI decision-support adoption to help determine ...

Advancing technologies have transformed the detection of heart disease and, in turn, streamlined medical processes and relieved burden on health care systems. Here, Keller speaks more to the impact of ...

Significantly higher sensitivity seen, while specificity was lower for AI-augmented system versus standard of care of analog auscultation.

A digital stethoscope that uses artificial intelligence (AI) is better at detecting heart murmurs associated with clinically significant valvular heart disease (VHD) than is a primary care physician ...

The patient–doctor relationship is built upon trust in not only doctors' knowledge and skills but also attitudes. Over time, notions of trust in medical education have focused increasingly on trainees ...

Although the AI-supported stethoscope shows promise, both studies highlight further research across more diverse clinical ...

A multi-centre study shows an AI stethoscope analysis can detect valvular heart disease with high accuracy, enabling rapid, ...

This AI system identifies clinically significant valvular heart disease from stethoscope recordings, achieving near-clinical ...