
Director of Clinical Sciences @Ultromics. Cardiovascular physiologist interested in methods to assess function and diagnose disease. Views my own.
Oxford, England
Joined June 2009
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Ashley Akerman retweeted
🚨New Publication Alert: Our Landmark Study Published in the European Heart Journal!
We’re proud to share that our latest study demonstrates that EchoGo® Amyloidosis, Ultromics’ FDA-cleared AI tool, significantly improves the detection of cardiac amyloidosis using a single echocardiographic video clip.
🫀 Cardiac amyloidosis is a frequently missed, life-threatening cause of heart failure. As new disease-modifying therapies emerge, early and accurate detection is more important than ever.
💡 EchoGo® Amyloidosis is:
💙 The first FDA-cleared AI screening tool for cardiac amyloidosis
💙 Granted Breakthrough Device designation
💙 Validated in a large, multi-center, international study (n = 2,719)
💙 Highly accurate with 85% sensitivity and 93% specificity across AL, ATTRwt, and ATTRv
💙 Demonstrated superior performance vs traditional scoring systems
🌍 The study involved 18 leading global centers including Mayo Clinic, University of Chicago, Brigham and Women’s, Columbia and more.
This breakthrough shows the potential for AI to help clinicians detect cardiac amyloidosis earlier, differentiate it from similar conditions like HFpEF or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and expand access to life-changing therapies.
This is another important milestone for @ultromics as we continue to transform cardiovascular care with AI — not just through EchoGo® Amyloidosis, but also through our EchoGo® Heart Failure platform.
🔗 Full Publication: academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a…
With gratitude to our incredible collaborators:
@pattypellikka @JSlivnickMD Will Hawkes @sarahcud @DocStrom @AshleyAkerman
And a heartfelt tribute to the late Roberto Lang, whose leadership and vision helped make this work possible. His legacy continues through innovations like this ❤️
@ESC_Journals @escardio @ASE360 #EHJ #Echofirst #CardiacAmyloidosis #HeartFailure #AIinHealthcare #MedTech #Cardiology #DigitalHealth #EchoGo #Ultromics #Innovation #HFpEF #CardiovascularAI
Ashley Akerman retweeted
New publication in @NatureComms (rdcu.be/ee1lL), the result of a 2-year collab with @ultromics to compare an #AI model to identify #HFpEF using a single 4CH #EchoFirst clip vs. clinical scores. #Tweetorial (?Xtorial) to follow. @SmithBIDMC @ASE360 @BidmcCvi
Ashley Akerman retweeted
New in @NatureComms from @robertdmeade and all-star cast 🤩:
Meta-analysis of heat-induced changes in cardiac function from over 400 laboratory-based heat exposure studies @HEPRU_uOttawa 👇
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Ashley Akerman retweeted
"Most scientific studies are wrong, and they are wrong because scientists are interested in funding and careers rather than truth." blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2013/09/09… Science linking genes with particular diseases - "only in 1.1% of cases was the linkage true."
Ashley Akerman retweeted
Catching up on the @ACCinTouch ACCEL Podcast and was thrilled to hear @ChrisKramerMD and @a_l_bailey discuss our #HFpEF paper in their 2023 review.
Listen here:
acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology…
@AshleyAkerman @pattypellikka @ultromics @MayoClinicCV @ASE360 #echofirst #AI
Ashley Akerman retweeted
Our latest out now in @EHPonline: "Effects of Daylong Exposure to Indoor Overheating on Thermal and Cardiovascular Strain in Older Adults: A Randomized Crossover Trial". 🔥🔥 @AshleyAkerman @seannotley @nathaliekirby @HEPRU_uOttawa
ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.128…
Ashley Akerman retweeted
NEW RESEARCH: Effects of Daylong Exposure to Indoor Overheating on Thermal and Cardiovascular Strain in Older Adults: A Randomized Crossover Trial ➡️ ow.ly/S7iH50Qzhrj @robertdmeade @AshleyAkerman @seannotley @nathaliekirby @HEPRU_uOttawa
Ashley Akerman retweeted
Recruitment for 2024 is still open. Submit an expression of interest here: midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/applica… @SamLucas_PhD @JetVvanZanten @UBSportExR
👉Are you a Healthcare Professional interested in the 2024 Midlands Mental Health & Neurosciences PhD Programme? Consider applying for this project with myself, @SamLucas_PhD @JetVvanZanten & Dr Karen Mullinger:
midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/project…
@UBSportExR @TheCHBH @UoN_Physics @The_HCPC
Ashley Akerman retweeted
Rationale and design of the United Kingdom Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Registry
heart.bmj.com/content/early/…
Ashley Akerman retweeted
The @cards_lab is growing. We're recruiting for many roles:
(1) Clinical postdoctoral fellow
(2) Computational postdoctoral fellow
(3) Data Scientist
(4) Program Coordinator
Find out more here:
🔗cards-lab.org/join-the-team
Please share with your network!
@YaleMed @Yale
Ashley Akerman retweeted
Fully funded PhD opportunity with me @JoeCostelloPhD and @MattDicks7
🏔️ ‘Optimising the selection, preparation, and protection of individuals exposed to high altitude environments’ 🏔️
port.ac.uk/study/postgraduat…
Deadline: 19/01/24
Start: Oct 24
📧: Thomas.williams@port.ac.uk
Ashley Akerman retweeted
Automated LV volume and strain assessment using AI analysis software predicts adverse events in patients with chest pain. @ultromics continues to lead technological advancement in the automation of echo imaging adding significant clinical impact doi.org/10.1111/echo.15714
Ashley Akerman retweeted
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position in Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology - UBC and St. Paul's Hospital
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/u…
Ashley Akerman retweeted
Upper-limb HIIT ⬆️ VO2peak by 16% and both HIIT and heat therapy ⬆️ anaerobic threshold ~10% in patients with osteoarthritis prior to hip/knee replacement 🦵@otago @heartotago
Read more about our RCT here: doi.org/10.1002/acr.25238
Ashley Akerman retweeted
Fully funded PhD opportunity at @LJMUSportSci @LiverpoolCCS investigating different lifestyle modification (e.g. diet/exercise/diet+exercise/control) on hypertension and physiological measures of cardiovascular health
findaphd.com/phds/project/mi…
Ashley Akerman retweeted
🔥 BREAKING 🔥
@MkosiborodMD from @MidAmericaHeart
❇️STEP-HFpEF, semaglutide
Obesity-phenotype HFpEF
🔆 Dual primary endpt. achieved
1. 🔼 health status (KCCQ)
2. 🔽 weight
3. 🚶 🔼 walk distance
4. Reduced NTproBNP
The beginning of a new era of therapies for this phenotype
Ashley Akerman retweeted
Exciting new PhD position with @LuanaCMain @seannotley @drdoug_7 and myself, investigating physiological, cognitive and biochemical responses to repeated daily heat exposures. Candidates will be based @covcampus, spending some time in 🇦🇺 @Deakin
coventry.ac.uk/research/rese…
Ashley Akerman retweeted
Can #ArtificialIntelligence aid in detection of #HFpEF? Editorial together with @C_VanDeHeyning and @DrJasper1 in @JACCJournals Advances
authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
#Echocardiography #Echofirst #CardioTwitter @VerwerftJan @FH_Verbrugge
Ashley Akerman retweeted
Our paper with @MayoClinicCV "Automated Echocardiographic Detection of HFpEF using AI" just got published in JACC Advances! 🎉
EchoGo Heart Failure detects #HFpEF from a single echo videoclip: ultromics.com/press-releases… #CardioTwitter #EchoFirst @JACCJournals @ASE360
Ashley Akerman retweeted
From a single echo videoclip, #HFpEF detected with #AI: Automated Echocardiographic Detection of Heart Failure With Preserved ... sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @MayoClinicCV @ultromics @ASE360 @AshleyAkerman Mihaela Porumb @alexryumd @garvankane @DrRossUpton

































