We are experiencing a change paradigm in modern life. With the presence of computers and intelligent machines everywhere, the predictions of science-fiction books from years ago gradually become reality; these are the times of pervasive computing. Among the computational most frequently mentioned tools in clinical studies and seen with enthusiasm by the scientific community is the Artificial Intelligence and consequently the machines that learn, which is best quoted in its original English form, Machine Learning. In general Artificial Intelligence is defined as the constellation of items (algorithms, robotics, neural networks) that allow a software to have intelligence properties that are comparable to those of a human being, among them learning from databases with minimal human interference.
Obermeyer and Emanuel recently wrote an editorial stating that Machine Learning has become widespread and imperative for solving complex problems in the various fields of science, and in the medical field its use will transform the practice. The use of artificial intelligence is evolving increasingly in cardiology and there are already excellent examples in several areas. Using a sophisticated learning system to electrocardiographic interpretation, Li et al. achieved that electrocardiographic patterns were automatically recognized with an accuracy of 88% for the classification of abnormal rhythms(). One of the most important limitations of the system studied was the quality of the electrocardiographic signal for interpretation and learning, which highlights one of the essential characteristics of Machine Learning, that is the need for accurate and reproducible information for the formation of databases., As databases are usually produced from patients selected for their basic condition, one of the most important points for development is the creation of broader and generalizable databases that do not induce biases in the interpretation of findings, point in which industry is heavily investing at the moment.
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