Super Bowl champion Steve Beuerlein uses AI to screen for heart disease risk
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As a Super Bowl champion quarterback, Steve Beuerlein diagnosed defenses. Now the 61-year-old is using artificial intelligence to predict what kinds of heart problems may occur.
Beuerlein told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that as he gets older, he thinks more about his mortality.
“As you get a little older, you start to think a little more about your mortality,” Beuerlein told Fox News Digital in an interview with Heartflow.
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Steve Beuerlein waves at the Netflix event “America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys” held at the Egyptian Theater on August 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
The company signed up for Heartflow’s Gamefilm registry because it uses revolutionary technology to help determine whether someone is at risk of cardiovascular disease.
“I looked into it, did my research, and realized what Heartflow was like as a company and how its first-of-its-kind technology, a completely revolutionary technology powered by AI, was included in this overall offering to detect heart disease at an early stage,” Beuerlein said.
The Pro Bowl quarterback said his father has been struggling with cardiovascular disease for 30 years and with that in mind, he wanted him to get checked as well.
“My dad kind of struggled with this for the last 30 years of his life. And of course I was wondering how I matched and went through the whole process. It was painless, non-invasive, very efficient and very easy to go through. And then when I got through it and came back, all the information that came back was very comprehensive and very positive for me,” Beuerlein said.
Beuerlein was impressed not only by how easy it was to control, but also by how the power of AI technology made the results so understandable.
“It’s amazing how simple the procedure is, and yet with the technology that they have, a lot of it again powered by artificial intelligence, once you’ve gone through the process and the results come in, you’re actually sitting with a doctor and you’re literally looking at a computer,” Beuerlein said.
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Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Steve Beuerlein plays against the Carolina Panthers in the 1995 Hall of Fame Game at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, Ohio, on July 29, 1995. (Michael C. Hebert/USA TODAY NETWORK)
“You see a 3D image of your heart, and they can rotate it so you can see it from the front, from the back.”
The results allow doctors and the patient to see all chambers of the heart. There is a color scale that defines the areas where plaque begins to develop.
Hard plaque is an immediate concern, but the accumulation of soft plaque is also a problem.
The tests allow the patient to gain a basic understanding of their current condition and give people the ability to be proactive rather than reactive about their heart health.
“Fifty percent of first heart attacks or major heart attacks happen completely by surprise. People had no way of knowing this was going to happen, these problems were happening. And that’s what motivated Heartflow to try to solve this problem and come up with this revolutionary technology,” Beuerlein said. he said.
“Oftentimes this condition progresses in people and there are no signs or symptoms. They have no way of really knowing they’re at risk.”
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Steve Beuerlein throws the ball against the Atlanta Falcons during a game during the 1997 season at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia on September 7, 1997. (RVR Photos/USA TODAY Sports)
More information about Heartflow’s technology can be found on its website, or by visiting any doctor or health center that has a partnership with the company.
Beuerlein played in the NFL for 14 seasons. He played for the then-Los Angeles Raiders, Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars, Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos. He was the backup quarterback when the Cowboys won the Super Bowl in 1992.
He made the Pro Bowl with the Panthers in 1999. In 147 games (102 starts), he completed 56.9% of his passes for 24,046 yards with 147 touchdowns and 112 interceptions.
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