There high blood pressure It is a basic cardiovascular risk factor. Do not control it and not keeping it at adequate levels means increasing the chances of meeting heart attack, stroke and kidney pathologiesjust to mention some of the consequences of hypertension. Except that often this condition does not cause any disturbance. So it is not recognized. And also for those who know they are hypertensive, unfortunately, the treatments indicated are not always followed properly.
It is therefore necessary to achieve two objectives: make sure that the subjects with hypertension follow Treatments regularly indicated by the doctor, as well as focusing on healthy lifestylesand above all the hypertensive people who do not know they are to be recognized. In this sense, artificial intelligence could help. As? This was shown to be researchers from the Mass General Brigham of Boston, in a research published in Jama Cardiology.
To as a technological investigator
The research, in practice, proposes theTO THE like a real technological investigator capable of sifting through electronic medical records (Ehr). Using the processing of natural language, an artificial intelligence form, researchers identified patients who had a cardiac ultrasound that indicated a thickening of the cardiac muscle, a condition that is associated with hypertension. When the doctors have been informed of these results, they had almost four times more likely to diagnose hypertension and prescribe drugs to control it.
“Hypertension is known as silent killer because people can have too high blood pressure without having any symptoms. If they are not checked enough, hypertension can damage the heart and vases over time in a way that it would have been possible to prevent whether blood pressure had been detected in advance”
Report one of the authors to a note for the press, Jason H. Wasfy, MD, MPHIL, of the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine of the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Many tests under examination
The research team created and then used a program capable of sifting the data of echocardiograms to identify cases of left ventricular hypertrophy, a thickening of the heart muscle often caused by hypertension. The algorithm He identified 648 patients from Mass General Brigham who previously were not known for cardiac muscle problems and were not careful for hypertension. The average age of patients was 59 years old and 38% were women. What matters is that half of these subjects was treated and subjected to Specific tests For the pressure, while nothing has changed in the control group. Patients in the intervention group have seen the chances of receiving new hypertension diagnoses almost quadrupled (15.6% against 4.0%) and to receive the prescription of antihypertensive drugs (16.3% against 5.0%) compared to those in the control group. Thanks to the data, in short, we aim to increase the value and weight of traditional assistance assistance.
AI becomes a fundamental tool To go and review the tests of patients who perhaps are in a digital library, to collect a real “digital powder”. Taking advantage of the data, you can intervene best to identify those who are at risk and take the appropriate countermeasures.
Attention to pressure
Technically, we talk about hypertension starting from values of 140 for the systolic or maximum and 90 for the diastolic or minimum. But it is also necessary to pay attention to the pre-hypertension or normal-high pressure with pressure values between 130 and 139 millimeters of Mercury of general and between 85 and 89 millimeters of mercury for the minimum.
In any case, what matters is to remember that the desired values must always be developed together with the doctor, based on the person’s risk profile. Also because hypertension, especially if not treated, threatens health global body. And not only by doing damage not only to the heart but also in brain and kidneys as well as the eyes, but also and above all interacting with other cardiovascular risk factors.
In case of hypertension, an alteration of the endothelium can be had, in practice the internal membrane of the arteries, with a progressive narrowing of the vessels that are even more rigid. This leads to making blood and oxygen to the body more difficult, so the heart must pump more and can weaken, with the possible onset of heart failure as well as valves problems. In the most serious cases, when the blood flow blocks, you can then run the risk of stroke and heart attack. The important thing, in a key of prevention, is to remember to always take stock of the pressure, since young people, with your doctor. Maybe taking advantage of the AI as an investigator.
