Researchers Develop 90%-Accurate AI Blood Score for Broken-Heart Syndrome
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Updated · health.yahoo.com · Sep 2
Researchers Develop 90%-Accurate AI Blood Score for Broken-Heart Syndrome
3 articles · Updated · health.yahoo.com · Sep 2
Summary
More than 3,600 blood samples helped an international team build the AI-based BioTAK score, which predicts Takotsubo syndrome before cardiac catheterization and distinguished it from heart attacks in nearly 90% of patients.
Five biomarkers plus biological sex drive the score; women account for about 80% of Takotsubo cases, making sex a key diagnostic signal alongside blood markers.
PAM was linked to higher broken-heart syndrome risk through the brain-heart stress pathway, while sLOX-1 appeared higher in heart attacks and relatively low in Takotsubo patients.
Researchers said BioTAK is not a replacement for catheterization when medically necessary, but could help target invasive testing more effectively and spare some patients unnecessary procedures.