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March 24, 2026JACC Advances2 citationsOpen Access

Performance of Artificial Intelligence–Powered ECG Analysis in Suspected ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

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SSScott W. SharkeyRHRobert HermanDWDawn Witt

Key Result

An AI-powered ECG model correctly identified nearly all patients with acute coronary obstruction and most of those without acute myocardial infarction among patients with suspected STEMI.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the performance of an AI-powered ECG analysis model for identifying patients with suspected ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
  • Used AI model to analyze ECG data
  • Focused on suspected STEMI patients
  • Assessed identification accuracy for acute coronary obstruction and absence of AMI
  • Model correctly identified nearly all patients with acute coronary obstruction
  • Most patients without acute myocardial infarction were also accurately identified

Structured PICO

Does an AI-powered ECG model accurately identify acute coronary obstruction in patients with suspected STEMI?

P
Population
Patients with suspected ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
I
Intervention
Artificial Intelligence-powered ECG analysis
O
Outcome
Identification of acute coronary obstructionsurrogate

An AI-powered ECG analysis tool demonstrates high potential for accurately triaging suspected STEMI by identifying acute coronary obstruction, though prospective validation is needed.

Limitations

  • Lacks prospective validation

Abstract

In suspected STEMI, this AI-ECG model correctly identified nearly all patients with acute coronary obstruction and most of those without AMI. If prospectively validated, this approach could improve management of patients with suspected AMI.

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Sharkey et al. (2026) studied this question. An AI-powered ECG model correctly identified nearly all patients with acute coronary obstruction and most of those without acute myocardial infarction among patients with suspected STEMI.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c2294caeb5a845df0d383bhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.102671
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