Will AI replace Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
21/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 36% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 10% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 27% of the work
What the job involves
Conduct tests on pulmonary or cardiovascular systems of patients for diagnostic, therapeutic, or research purposes. May conduct or assist in electrocardiograms, cardiac catheterizations, pulmonary functions, lung capacity, and similar tests.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(2)
- Obtain and record patient identification, medical history, or test results.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as scheduling appointments or ordering supplies or equipment.
Within reach(3)
- Explain testing procedures to patients to obtain cooperation and reduce anxiety.
- Transcribe, type, and distribute reports of diagnostic procedures for interpretation by physician.
- Compare measurements of heart wall thickness and chamber sizes to standard norms to identify abnormalities.
Out of reach(16)
- Prepare and position patients for testing.
- Conduct electrocardiogram (EKG), phonocardiogram, echocardiogram, stress testing, or other cardiovascular tests to record patients' cardiac activity, using specialized electronic test equipment, recording devices, or laboratory instruments.
- Adjust equipment and controls according to physicians' orders or established protocol.
- Monitor patients' comfort and safety during tests, alerting physicians to abnormalities or changes in patient responses.
- Monitor patients' blood pressure and heart rate using electrocardiogram (EKG) equipment during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures to notify the physician if something appears wrong.
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Also called
Cardiac Monitor Technician · Cardiac Cath Lab Technologist (Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Technologist) · Cardiology Technician · Cardiopulmonary Technician · Cardiovascular Technologist (CVT) · Electrocardiogram Technician (EKG Tech) · Cardiac Cath Lab Technologist · Cardiopulmonary Technologist
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics