A combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and imaging results from a small camera placed inside the coronary arteries improves prediction of who is at greatest risk for a repeat heart attack.

As reported in the European Heart Journal , using AI to read the images improved the identification of dangerous lesions in the blood vessels known as coronary thin-cap fibroatheromas (TCFAs) significantly over identification by an independent laboratory.

Although heart attacks are now very treatable with a combination of drugs and procedures such as angioplasty, where the blocked arteries that caused the attack are widened by the insertion of a small balloon like structure called a stent, around 15% of these patients have another heart attack within two years.

A procedure called optical co

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