AI reads your ECG to catch silent heart danger before surgery
NCT ID NCT07344207
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether an artificial intelligence system can analyze standard heart tracings (ECGs) to detect pulmonary hypertension—a serious but often unnoticed condition—before surgery. About 1,380 adults scheduled for non-cardiac surgery will be randomly assigned to get the AI screening or usual care. The goal is to see if the AI finds more cases and helps reduce surgical complications.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiography system
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could become a routine, low-cost way to catch dangerous heart conditions before surgery, potentially preventing complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with no phase assigned, so the AI may not be accurate enough in real-world use. It also only looks at detection, not treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,380 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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. Age between 18 and 80 years. 2. Patients scheduled for non-cardiac surgery under general anesthesia. 3. Patients who have a scheduled standard preoperative electrocardiogram (ECG). 4. Patients capable of understanding the study and willing to provide medical records for research purposes, and who have signed the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients scheduled for emergency surgery. 2. Patients who explicitly refuse to participate or withdraw consent. 3. Patients with specific comorbidities that interfere with ECG interpretation or data collection (e.g., implanted pacemakers).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
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