5th International Conference on Heart and Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiac imaging has evolved from anatomical description into a comprehensive tool for physiological quantification, tissue characterisation, and predictive prognostication. The Cardiac Imaging session focuses on AI-augmented echocardiography with automated strain analysis, photon-counting CT coronary angiography enabling ultra-high-resolution plaque characterisation and pericoronary fat attenuation indexing, cardiac MRI T1/T2 mapping and extracellular volume fraction for quantitative fibrosis assessment, 18F-NaF PET for active coronary microcalcification imaging, 4D flow CMR in aortic haemodynamics, and multimodality imaging protocols for TAVI, TEER, and LAA occlusion planning.

Key Discussion Areas

• How AI-assisted image analysis is changing echo and CT workflow and accuracy
• Cardiac MRI's expanding role in diagnosing cardiomyopathies and myocarditis
• Coronary CT angiography versus stress testing as a first-line diagnostic strategy
• Standardizing multimodality imaging protocols across institutions
• Radiation and contrast exposure trade-offs in imaging-heavy diagnostic pathways
• Imaging's growing role in guiding structural and interventional procedures in real time

Imaging Modality Focus Areas

• Echocardiography Innovations
• Cardiac MRI and CT
• Nuclear Cardiology and PET Imaging
• AI-Assisted Image Interpretation
• Multimodality Imaging Protocols
• Imaging-Guided Interventional Procedures
• Imaging Biomarkers

What Imaging Specialists Will Gain

• Updates across all major modalities — echo, CMR, CT, nuclear — in a single, integrated programme
• Practical guidance on multimodality imaging in specific clinical scenarios
• Evidence on AI-assisted imaging tools approaching clinical adoption
• Hands-on case discussions with leading imaging specialists

Specialists This Track Serves

Echocardiographers, Cardiac Radiologists, Nuclear Medicine Physicians, Cardiologists with an imaging subspecialty, Imaging Researchers, and Cardiac Physiologists and Sonographers.

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Related Topics: Coronary & Ischemic Heart Disease | Interventional Cardiology | AI & Digital Cardiology | Cardiomyopathies