About Apollo Hospitals' AICVD Cardiac Risk Assessment Tool

More than 60 per cent of disease and death in India is due to Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) like Cardiovascular Diseases. Cardiovascular Diseases also account for 45% of deaths in the 40-69 year age group. (*WHO Report - Sept 2017). Family history and various lifestyle factors have contributed to an increased risk of these diseases. The best way to beat cardiac diseases is to prevent them. It is important to understand and assess the risk factors to prevent Cardiovascular Diseases.

Apollo Hospital has developed the first ever AI-based, Cardio Vascular, Risk Assessment Tool (AICVD) for the early detection of heart disease. The Risk scoring tool is remarkable for its speed in processing data and its accuracy at predicting the probability of individual developing heart disease.

The tool enables the delivery of proactive, pre-emptive and preventive care for at-risk individuals improving lives

The tool is built using learning 5,00,000 patient records from Apollo, the AICVD algorithm predicts the 10-year-old risk of a person having a cardiac problem, such as heart attack or stroke, with almost 90% accuracy