AI Outperforms Physicians in ECG OMI Detection
Shroyer et al. (Am J Emerg Med, Nov 2025) report a cross-sectional reader study comparing 95 physicians to the Queen of Hearts (QoH) deep-learning ECG algorithm on STEMI-equivalent and mimic ECGs. Physicians' cath-lab activation accuracy was 65.6% (EM) and 65.5% (cardiology) versus QoH's 88.9%. Authors note spectrum bias, differential verification, and conflicts of interest requiring prospective validation.
Key Points
- 1Reports QoH AI achieves 88.9% accuracy versus physicians' ~65.6% on ambiguous ECGs
- 2Highlights diagnostic gap for STEMI‑equivalents and mimics, increasing risk of missed or unnecessary cath activations
- 3Suggests QoH could reduce missed OMIs and false activations, but external validity concerns limit generalizability
Scoring Rationale
Moderate clinical relevance with clear accuracy advantage, but single biased reader-study and COIs limit generalizability.
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