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68. The E.R. Doctor’s Dilemma

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Artificial Intelligence and Heart Attack

Heart attack is the third most common reason people visit an emergency department. One test doctors perform on these patients is cardiac catheterization. It's invasive and designed to see if the heart arteries are blocked. Zi: We trained an algorithm that could predict if I tested a person with these advanced invasive tests, would that test be positive? And using that prediction as a way to evaluate the doctor's decision making process.

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