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Ethical Challenges and Opportunities in Applying Artificial Intelligence to Cardiovascular Medicine

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Lewin, Stephen, Chetty, Riti, Ihdayhid, Abdul Rahman, Dwivedi, Girish·2024·Canadian Journal of Cardiology

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Much anticipation surrounds artificial intelligence's (AI) emergence as a promising tool in health care. It offers potential to revolutionise clinical practice through assistive and autonomous operation. The high prevalence of cardiac disease globally provides an opportunity for AI technology to increase health care efficiency and improve patient outcomes. This article explores the ethical considerations necessary for safe and acceptable implantation of AI within the health care space. We aim to highlight several challenges such as data privacy, consent, sustainability, and cybersecurity. In addition, we outline the future opportunities for AI use in cardiovascular medicine. Overall, we argue that AI deployment demands robust regulation, transparent algorithms, and safeguarding of patient privacy.

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  • Uneven performance in gatekeeper use could translate into unequal access to imaging.

    “This issue is especially important for gatekeeper use, where uneven performance could translate into unequal access to imaging.”

    From AI-ECG for Echocardiography Triage in Structural Heart Disease: Evidence, Implementation, and Future Directions (2026) · cites this paper as [62]

    The “Minimisation of bias” section says that imprecise cardiovascular risk assessments for underrepresented groups can cause over- or underestimation of risk and inappropriate testing. That supports the concern about uneven performance affecting testing, but the paper does not specifically discuss gatekeeper use or unequal access to imaging. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • Interpretability tools may make model behavior more inspectable, but they do not by themselves resolve questions of accountability, acceptable error, or downstream clinical action in opportunistic screening.

    “Interpretability tools may make model behavior more inspectable, but they do not by themselves resolve questions of accountability, acceptable error, or downstream clinical action in opportunistic screening.”

    From AI-ECG for Echocardiography Triage in Structural Heart Disease: Evidence, Implementation, and Future Directions (2026) · cites this paper as [62]

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    “Fairness is not only a model-performance issue; it is also shaped by ECG acquisition quality, care setting, access to confirmatory echocardiography, and linkage to disease-specific treatment.”

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Authors
Lewin, S., Chetty, R., Ihdayhid, A. R., & Dwivedi, G.
Affiliations
  • Fiona Stanley Hospital (AU)
  • Curtin University (AU)
  • The University of Western Australia (AU)
Corresponding author
Dwivedi, Girish
Venue
Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2024-10
Volume
40
Issue
10
Pages
1897-1906
ISSN
0828-282X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4400844643
Cited by
36
References
56
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 4
FWCI
0.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Canadian Journal of Cardiology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Keywords
artificial intelligence, AI ethics, data privacy, informed consent, sustainability, cybersecurity, AI regulation, algorithmic transparency, patient privacy, clinical decision support
MeSH terms
Artificial Intelligence, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Diseases, Confidentiality, Humans, Computer Security

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