Heart scan AI could predict sudden cardiac death risk in common heart condition

This study looks at whether detailed analysis of heart MRI images (called radiomics) can better predict life-threatening heart rhythms in people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a condition where the heart muscle thickens. Researchers will also see if the drug mavacamten, which helps relieve obstruction in some HCM patients, leads to changes in these imaging features that might lower risk over time. The goal is to improve current risk prediction tools, which are only moderately accurate.