Super Bowl champion uses AI to help detect for cardiovascular issues early

As a Super Bowl champion quarterback, Steve Beuerlein diagnosed defenses. Now, astatine 61, he is utilizing AI to thief foretell what benignant of bosom issues could arise.

Beuerlein told Fox News Digital successful a caller question and reply that arsenic he has gotten older, he has thought astir his mortality more.

"As you get a small older, you commencement reasoning astir your mortality a small spot more," Beuerlein told Fox News Digital successful an question and reply pinch Heartflow.

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Steve Beuerlein waves astatine a Netflix arena for "America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys" astatine Egyptian Theatre successful Los Angeles, California, connected Aug. 11, 2025. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

He enrolled successful Heartflow’s Gamefilm registry, arsenic nan institution is utilizing revolutionary technology to thief find if personification is astatine consequence of cardiovascular disease.

"I looked into it, did my research, and realized that what Heartflow had going arsenic a institution and their technology, which was nan first of its kind, and AI-powered, wholly revolutionary type of exertion that went into this wide offering for detecting bosom illness early-stage," Beuerlein said.

The Pro Bowl backmost said his dada battled cardiovascular illness for 30 years, and pinch that successful mind, he wanted to get checked himself.

"My dada benignant of battled that for nan past 30 years of his life. And so, of course, I was funny arsenic to really I matched up and went done nan full process. It was painless, non-invasive, very efficient, a very easy process to spell through. And past nan item erstwhile I sewage done it and came back, each nan accusation that came backmost was truthful thorough and for me, fortunately it was very positive," Beuerlein said.

Beuerlein was not conscionable impressed pinch really elemental it was to get checked, but besides really nan powerfulness of nan AI exertion made nan results truthful comprehensible.

"It's astonishing really elemental nan process is to spell done and yet pinch nan exertion that they have, a batch of it again powered by AI, you really beryllium down pinch a expert aft you've gone done nan process and nan results travel successful and you're virtually looking astatine a computer," Beuerlein said.

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Jacksonville Jaguars backmost Steve Beuerlein plays against nan Carolina Panthers successful nan 1995 Hall of Fame Game astatine Fawcett Stadium successful Canton, Ohio, connected July 29, 1995. (Michael C. Hebert/USA TODAY NETWORK)

"You're seeing a 3D image of your bosom and they tin rotate it astir wherever you tin spot it from nan front, from nan rear."

The results let nan doctors and nan diligent to spot into each of nan heart’s chambers. There is simply a colour standard that identifies nan areas wherever plaque starts to develop.

The difficult plaque is origin for contiguous concern, but nan buildup of soft plaque is an rumor arsenic well.

The tests let nan diligent to get a baseline of their existent information and springiness nan expertise for group to beryllium proactive pinch their heart health alternatively of reactive.

"Fifty percent of first-time bosom onslaught aliases important bosom section events hap wholly by surprise. People had nary measurement of knowing that this was going to happen, that they had these issues. And that's what motivated Heartflow to benignant of effort to reside it and travel up pinch this revolutionary technology," Beuerlein said.

"A batch of times this is progressing successful group and there's nary signs, there's nary symptoms. They person nary measurement to really cognize that they're astatine risk."

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Carolina Panthers backmost Steve Beuerlein throws nan shot against nan Atlanta Falcons successful a 1997 play crippled astatine nan Georgia Dome successful Atlanta, Georgia, connected Sept. 7, 1997. (RVR Photos/USA TODAY Sports)

More accusation connected Heartflow’s exertion tin beryllium recovered connected its website, successful summation to going to immoderate expert aliases healthcare halfway that has a business pinch nan company.

Beuerlein played successful nan NFL for 14 seasons. He played for nan then-Los Angeles Raiders, Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars, Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos. He was a backup backmost erstwhile nan Cowboys won nan Super Bowl successful 1992.

He made nan Pro Bowl pinch nan Panthers successful 1999. In 147 games (102 starts), he completed 56.9% of passes for 24,046 yards, pinch 147 touchdowns and 112 interceptions.

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