When Kelsey Brown met Mohammed, the 15-year-old Ugandan boy looked terribly worried. He was in the late stages of rheumatic heart disease, which kills about 400,000 people a year worldwide. His scheduled heart surgery to address the illness had been postponed a day.
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How doctors are using AI to diagnose a hidden heart condition in kids
By Mark Johnson
January 16, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. EST