AI reads heart patient records faster than doctors?
NCT ID NCT07499830
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested an AI system that reads medical records of 308 heart disease patients and pulls out key information like test results and diagnosis types. The AI's accuracy was compared to that of seven doctors. The goal was to see if AI can help make clinical data collection faster and more consistent.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this AI workflow could speed up and standardize how heart disease data is collected from medical records, making research and care more efficient.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study testing a tool, not a treatment. The AI may not work as well in other hospitals or with different types of records.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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308 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Finished
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Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
he study population consists of 308 patients diagnosed with various subtypes of coronary artery disease (CAD). The cohort is derived from two major clinical studies: the AIM-CHD study (for pilot testing and prompt optimization) and the SMART-CHD study (for internal validation), both conducted at Fuwai Hospital. Additionally, an external validation cohort is included, comprising patients from 8 independent clinical sub-centers across China to ensure geographical and institutional diversity. The population covers a spectrum of CAD presentations, including Unstable Angina (UA), STEMI, NSTEMI, and Chronic Coronary Syndrome (CCS), providing a robust dataset for evaluating AI-driven diagnostic and data extraction performance.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients aged 18 years and older. 2. Clinical records of patients who were previously enrolled in the AIM-CHD (for the pilot/prompt optimization set) or SMART-CHD (for the internal validation cohort) studies. 3. Patients diagnosed with, or suspected of having, coronary artery disease (CAD), including subtypes: Unstable Angina (UA), STEMI, NSTEMI, and Chronic Coronary Syndrome (CCS). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Clinical records with severe data fragmentation or missing more than 50% of the key clinical indicators. 2. Handwritten medical records or low-quality scans that are illegible for Optical Character Recognition (OCR) processing. 3. Duplicate records or records with conflicting "Gold Standard" labels that cannot be reconciled by the expert committee.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fuwai Hospital
Beijing, 100037, China
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