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Every author works for Biograph

All 84 in the study were screened at Biograph, and every author works for Biograph.

“AI analysis of CT scans finds 42.9% of patients have coronary inflammation”

Biograph press release, 22 October 2026, on its medRxiv preprint using Caristo Diagnostics' CaRi-Heart

Recorded 23 October 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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The evidence file for this verdict

11 receipts: 3 support the claim, 3 contradict it, 5 add context. 3 figures on the record, 2 traced to a quoted receipt.

The receipts

Each source, the line we quote from it, its date and which way it cuts. Free to read and to cite.

  1. 1Supports the claimmedrxiv.org ↗

    Elevated FAI-Score (≥75th percentile) was present in 42.9% of participants (36/84; 95% CI 32.8% - 53.5%)

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  2. 2Contextmedrxiv.org ↗

    84 consecutive asymptomatic adults (mean age 53.7 ± 8.6 years; 63.1% men) with no prior coronary artery disease underwent screening CCTA

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  3. 3Contradicts the claimmedrxiv.org ↗

    all authors (DS, JF, MN, MD) are employees of Biograph and may hold stock or stock options in the company

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  4. 4Contradicts the claimmedrxiv.org ↗

    received financial support from Biograph for the submitted work as employees of Biograph, which sponsored the study

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  5. 5Contextmedrxiv.org ↗

    quantifies vascular inflammation and predicts cardiac mortality in symptomatic cohorts

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  6. 6Contextmedrxiv.org ↗

    its prevalence, anatomical distribution, and clinical correlates in asymptomatic primary prevention populations remain uncharacterized

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  7. 7Contradicts the claimmedrxiv.org ↗

    Systemic hs-CRP (median 0.8 mg/L) exhibited an inverse correlation with maximum vessel FAI-Score (Spearman ρ=−0.27, p=0.014)

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  8. 8Contextbiograph.com ↗

    The study, available to clinically eligible Biograph Black tier members

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  9. 9Supports the claimbiograph.com ↗

    showed no correlation with the presence of coronary inflammation and failed to identify which patients had inflamed arteries

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  10. 10Supports the claimbiograph.com ↗

    The study found that coronary inflammation is common (42.9%) in asymptomatic, low-risk adults

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  11. 11Contexthcplive.com ↗

    Caristo's De Novo submission drew on validation data from large independent populations published in The Lancet

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