Project description
New AI tool to reduce life-threatening arrhythmia
Every year, across the globe, an estimated 17 million people die of cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly heart attacks and strokes. In Europe, CVD accounts for 45 % of all deaths. Even patients with cardiac implanted electronic devices (CIEDs) such as pacemakers and resynchronisation devices are at risk of dangerous arrhythmia that can lead to early deaths. The EU-funded SCAUT DECISIO project aims to prevent life-threatening arrhythmia in CIED patients by combining patient-clinician communication with predictive artificial intelligence algorithms. The aim is to reduce the number of deaths by predicting life-threatening arrhythmia up to 30 days in advance. Developed by Denmark’s Vital Beats, this state-of-the-art, patient-centred, AI-driven clinical decision-support tool will be launched in the Nordic market first, and then in Europe and North America.
Objective
There is no cure for chronic heart disease. Instead, it is crucial to detect early signs of worsening and to manage the disease over time. Even when chronic heart patients have cardiac implanted electronic devices (CIED), dangerous arrhythmia still occur and leads to early deaths and dramatically reduce patients’ quality of life. Today, hospitals carry out partly remote follow-ups on these life-threatening situations. But current systems are disease oriented (focus is on managing symptoms, not preventing them) and are designed for reactive care (only intervene after symptoms have manifested and unable to predict arrhythmia).
Vital Beats has developed a state-of-the-art patient-centered, AI-driven clinical decision-support tool (SCAUT DECISIO) for preventing life-threatening arrhythmia in CIED patients. By combining patient-clinician communication with predictive AI algorithms, we can effectively and efficiently predict life-threatening arrythmias up to 30 days in advance, thereby allowing early and appropriate interventions to be taken. SCAUT DECISIO minimizes the number of CIED patients experiencing life-threatening arrhythmia – and eventual death – by 20%. This results in (1) improved quality of life for patients, (2) improved quality of care, and (3) reduced healthcare costs. SCAUT DECISIO will revolutionise chronic care and finally enable truly personalized and preventive care for chronic heart patients.
To date, Vital Beats has raised more than €4M in total funding to bring the pilot product to its first test at the Heart Centre at Rigs Hospital in Denmark. The EIC Accelerator will be a key de-risking step, which will enable Vital Beats to validate their platform, obtain regulatory approval needed to be ready for global commercialisation. Vital Beats seeks €2.38M to critically de-risk and allow for international commercialisation. Upon completion, Vital Beats will launch SCAUT DECISIO in the Nordic market, then the European market and ultimately enter the US.
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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1434 Copenhagen
Denmark
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