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Your Lung Cancer Screening CT Can Now Catch a Hidden Heart Risk, Thanks to New FDA-Cleared AI

Your Lung Cancer Screening CT Can Now Catch a Hidden Heart Risk, Thanks to New FDA-Cleared AI

Bunkerhill Health has won FDA clearance for the first AI algorithm to detect and measure mitral annular calcification on routine chest CT scans ordered for unrelated reasons, such as lung cancer screening. The tool could turn millions of existing scans into opportunities to catch a heart condition linked to higher cardiovascular mortality, though cardiologists say the clinical response to a positive flag still needs to be defined.