BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following press release:
A research team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found that electrocardiograms (ECGs) administered during sleep and paired with sleep stage information can be used to determine risk for future adverse cardiac events. The study, which used a deep learning approach, suggests that using ECGs to predict which patients have a greater risk for poor heart-related outcomes could help guide clinical decision-making. The findings were published in the journal Sleep.
"This new approach has the potential to identify individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease years before clinical sympt...