India, July 6 -- People with stronger, higher-quality chest and back muscles may be significantly less likely to suffer a heart attack or die prematurely, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh.

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse routine heart scans of more than 1,700 adults-most of them in their 50s-who underwent imaging for chest pain, researchers found that individuals with denser skeletal muscles in their chest and back had a substantially lower risk of experiencing a heart attack or dying over the following decade.

The findings suggest that better muscle quality, rather than muscle size, could serve as an important indicator of long-term heart health, read the University of Edinburgh w...