With the new researches, a first was achieved in the early detection of heart attack. According to this, the presence or danger of a heart attack can be detected beforehand with eye examination, which is one of the most important organs of our body. According to the results of the research, retinal scans can provide a significant benefit in this regard.
A HEART ATTACK CAN BE DETECTED BEFORE BY EYE EXAMINATION!
Studies have found a link between vascular complexity in the retina of the eye and the risk of myocardial infarction, or heart attack, in other words. This groundbreaking discovery was made using artificial intelligence to process data representing a large group of individuals.
According to the results of the research, retinal scans may predict heart attacks in the near future. New research has found that reduced complexity in blood vessels located behind the retina in the human eye is an early marker for myocardial infarction.
Ophthalmologist Dr. “For decades, I’ve always told you that the eye is not just the window to the soul, but also a window to the brain and the body as well. AI (artificial intelligence) proves this to be the case,” Howard R. said in an interview.
IT CAN BE USED FOR INDIVIDUAL RISK ESTIMATION
Cardiologist Rigved Tadwalkar, on the other hand, stated that the findings were interesting and said, “Although we know that the examination of retinal vessels can give an idea about cardiovascular health, this study provides evidence that the characteristics of the retinal vasculature can be used in the estimation of individual risk for heart attack.”
Retinas of 38 thousand participants were scanned
The project used data from the UK Biobank, which includes demographic, epidemiological, clinical and genotyping data as well as retinal images for over 500,000 people. Data included age, gender, smoking habits, systolic blood pressure, and body mass index (BMI) of individuals under demographic data. For this groundbreaking review, researchers identified nearly 38,000 British participants who had their retinas scanned and subsequently suffered a heart attack.