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Eko Health, a company invested in applying artificial intelligence for early detection of heart and lung diseases, has partnered with LSU athletics and Our Lady of the Lake Health to enhance heart health and preventive care programs for student-athletes
Eko Health will provide LSU’s sports medicine team with Eko’s FDA-cleared CORE 500 digital stethoscopes and accompanying software platform, including AI algorithms for detecting atrial fibrillation and heart murmurs, a leading symptom of structural heart disease.
The partnership will make LSU the first college sports program to implement the new technology.
Health care providers from Our Lady of the Lake Health will use the digital stethoscopes enhanced with AI during physical exams to address student-athlete concerns and as a critical preventive heart health tool.
“Medical innovation has evolved tremendously since I was at LSU, notably with AI changing the game in preventive medicine,” says Eko Health Commercial Vice President Joseph Authement, a former LSU swimmer. “While it wasn’t heart-related, my LSU swimming career was cut short due to preexisting health issues, which may have been identified earlier with today’s available technology.”
The devices will be integrated into LSU sports medicine staff exams starting this summer before the 2024-2025 academic year.
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Publish date : 2024-08-09 03:03:32
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