The primary use of artificial intelligence in cardiovascular diseases: what kind of potential role does artificial intelligence play in future medicine?

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is a major threat to human health and the leading cause of death worldwide. The incidence of CVD caused 17.6 million deaths in 2016, an increase of 14.5% from 2006 to 2016. Unfortunately, the mortality and morbidity rates of CVD are increasing year by year, especially in developing regions. Studies have shown that approximately 80% of CVD-related deaths occur in lowand middle-income countries. Besides, these deaths occur at a younger age than in high-income countries.  In developing countries, rapid economic transformation leads to environmental changes and unhealthy lifestyles; in addition, population ageing may increase cardiovascular risk factors and increase the incidence of CVD. CVD has placed a heavy burden on patients and society as a whole. Therefore, it is necessary to provide strategies for improving the diagnosis and treatment of CVD in the future. Currently, artificial intelligence (AI) may have the potential to solve this problem. However, it has been more than sixty years since the introduction of the concept of AI. The application of AI in medicine is still unclear. Furthermore, the role of AI in medicine in the future? Whether it will lead to a large number of unemployed clinicians due to the development of AI technology, the current research results cannot provide an answer. This article attempts to make a brief review of the current state of AI in clinical applications based on available information based on the following six themes. 1. What is AI? 2. The value of medical AI. 3. The application of AI in CVD. 4. Future prospect. 5. Current shortcomings.