Peer-Reviewed Publication
Eur Heart J Digit Health2026;7(7):ztag118.August 1, 2026Journal Article

Artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiography for the prediction of future type 2 diabetes mellitus: a model-development and multicentre validation study.

Libor Pastika1,2,3, Konstantinos Patlatzoglou1, Ewa Sieliwonczyk1,4, Joseph Barker1, Boroumand Zeidaabadi1, Kathryn A McGurk1,4, Sandhi M Barreto5, Lidyane Camelo5, Sadia Khan1,3, William R Scott4,6, Declan P O'Regan4, Bruce B Duncan7, Maria I Schmidt7, James S Ware1,4, Shivani Misra8,9, Daniel B Kramer1,10, Jonathan W Waks11, Nicholas S Peters1,2, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro12, Arunashis Sau1,2, Fu Siong Ng1,2,3
1National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK.
2Department of Cardiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK.
3Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK.
4MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.
5Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine & Hospital das Clínicas/Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
6Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
7Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology and Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
8Division of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, UK.
9Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
10Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA  USA.
11Harvard-Thorndike Electrophysiology Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
12Department of Internal Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, and Telehealth Center and Cardiology Service, Hospital das Clínicas (A.L.P.R.), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Abstract

AIMS: A significant proportion of type 2 diabetes cases remain undiagnosed despite screening advances, carrying substantial cardiometabolic risk. Artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiography (AI-ECG) detects subtle ECG changes in subclinical disease, potentially enabling opportunistic screening. METHODS AND RESULTS: We developed AI-ECG Risk Estimator for Diabetes Mellitus (AIRE-DM), a con…

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