India’s First AI Heart Failure Detection Launched by Narayana Health

Narayana Health’s AI model offers a novel, scalable approach to screen patients using widely available ECG machines and cloud-based analytics.

Narayana Health Clinical Research team and Medha AI, the Advanced Analytics & AI division of Narayana Health, today announced the development of a breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of predicting heart function—specifically, left ventricular ejection fraction (EF)—from a standard ECG image in near real-time.

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seamless integration into clinical workflows, the model aims to support earlier identification of heart failure and improve diagnostic access in resource-limited settings.

This innovation addresses a critical gap in the diagnostic pathway for millions of patients. Heart failure affects nearly 10 million people across India and accounts for 1.8 million hospital admissions annually. Yet access to echocardiography (ECHO)—the gold standard for evaluating heart function—remains uneven, especially in rural areas.