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The Future of
Cardiac Surgery

Verus is built on a simple but powerful premise: advancing technologies bring precision, clarity, and confidence to the most critical decisions in medicine.

Artificial intelligence isn’t a buzzword here - it’s a foundational part of our system, applied at every stage of the patient journey.

How We Use AI

At Verus, cutting-edge, medical artificial intelligence is engineered into the core of our platform to enhance - but never replace - human expertise. Here’s how:

1. STS Risk Score Calculation

Our platform ingests your clinical records and automatically calculates your personalized STS risk score - the gold standard prediction model for cardiac surgery outcomes. We use natural language processing (NLP) to extract the relevant data points from unstructured records, ensuring unmatched precision and reproducibility.

2. Guideline-Based Surgical Mapping

We translate your diagnosis and test results into evidence-based surgical indications mapped to ACC / AHA, STS, and ESC guidelines. Our AI engine scans for guideline-matched indications, and then flags discrepancies, ambiguity, or areas of clinical uncertainty for surgeon review.

3. Automated Intake Parsing (via Scout)

Every upload is reviewed by Scout - our AI intake agent - which parses PDFs, identifies key clinical markers, and verifies upload completeness. This reduces manual error and accelerates the time to consultation.

4. Real-Time Patient Guidance (via Vera)

From the moment you engage with Verus, you’re greeted by Vera - our AI concierge. Vera can walk you through the process, answer common questions, and help you upload records, all without delay or confusion

5. AI-Enhanced Second Opinion Reports

Behind every MyVerus™ Report is an AI-driven workflow that ensures accuracy, consistency, and transparency. From risk scoring to guideline classification to hospital benchmarking, each element is augmented by structured intelligence and human-verified final review.

6. Surgeon Summary Drafting (via Relay)

Our AI tool Relay can generate a clinically structured, surgeon-facing summary that helps Verus consultants focus their time on what matters: your surgical options. This is especially vital when reviewing
hundreds of pages of records.

Future Vision:
‍AI + Imaging interpretation to deliver precision in surgical decision-making.

For instance, coronary angiograms are still subjectively interpreted by the human eye.

At Verus, we're actively exploring AI models capable of automated coronary artery measurement and flow grading - a future feature that could eliminate subjectivity, improve surgical planning, and save lives for thousands of cardiac surgery patients.

Cardiac surgeon looking at a "moral compass" to make the right decision about whether a patient should have heart surgery.

AI at Verus

Augmentation, Not Automation

We believe in the synergy of human expertise and machine precision.

Verus surgeons review and validate every case.

Our technology exists to support clinical decision-making, not override it.

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Built for the Next 30 Years

AI in medicine is exploding - but no one is applying it as carefully, strategically, or as clinically responsibly as Verus.

That’s why our reports are trusted, our system is scalable, and our platform is uniquely positioned to lead the next era of excellence in surgical care.

Cardiac surgeon looking at a holographic rendition of a patients chest x-ray.

What AI Won’t Do

We’ll never use AI to replace the surgeon’s judgment, predict your treatment in isolation, or make decisions without full human oversight.
That’s our promise.

Cardiac surgeon in front of screen with elderly male heart surgery patient seeking a second opinion, showing him his heart diagram.

Ready to Learn More?

Explore the MyVerus™ Report to see how AI powers the most comprehensive second-opinion experience in surgery today.

Your incision should be your decision.

The Future of Cardiac Surgery