Revolutionary Heart Diagnosis App

A 14-year-old software developer from India, Siddharth Nandyala, has launched an innovative mobile application called Circadian AI that can quickly identify heart diseases, as reported by Smithsonian Magazine.

Cardiovascular diseases are one of the leading causes of death globally, yet their early symptoms often go unnoticed. This is because diagnosis typically requires expensive procedures or complex tests that are not accessible to many patients, especially in low-income countries. Nandyala aimed to change this by developing an affordable and non-invasive diagnostic method.

The Circadian AI app utilizes the smartphone's microphone to record the user's heartbeat. The captured sound is then processed using noise-cancellation technology and analyzed in the cloud with machine learning algorithms. In just a few seconds, the app can detect arrhythmias, heart valve issues, early signs of heart failure, or coronary artery disease.

The app has already undergone clinical trials: it was tested on 15,000 patients in the USA and 3,500 in India. The accuracy of detecting cardiac pathologies exceeded 96%.

Currently, Circadian AI is available only to medical professionals as it is undergoing regulatory review. In the future, Nandyala plans to expand its functionality to diagnose lung diseases, such as pneumonia and thromboembolism.

This technology has the potential to be a crucial tool for early disease diagnosis, particularly in regions with limited access to medical services.