State of the Art of Cardiovascular Imaging

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Nuclear Medicine & Radiology".

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Institute Clinical Physiology of National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
Interests: cardiac imaging; ischemic heart disease; heart failure; radioprotection
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Dear Colleagues,

Cardiac imaging is undergoing a revolutionary transformation. Artificial intelligence software serves as a navigator for image acquisition, measures variables with zero-click and 100% reproducibility, and interprets images to create a diagnosis. Now, with the aid of AI, big data can be effectively processed, revealing previously unrecognized information and clustering phenotypes by combining imaging data with clinical and laboratory features. Everything is changing in the way we approach patients, analyze data, identify key features, and design interventions driven by imaging. Those who are quick to comprehend and adapt to these changes will thrive in the global imaging competition.

In this Special Issue, we invite authors to submit papers addressing the clinical significance of cardiac imaging and its impact on cardiology practice in terms of both diagnosis and treatment.

Prof. Dr. Eugenio Picano
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Keywords

  • artificial intelligence
  • heart
  • imaging
  • radiation
  • risk

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Updated Estimates of Radiation Risk for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease: Implications for Cardiology Practice
by Eugenio Picano and Eliseo Vano
J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13(7), 2066; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13072066 - 02 Apr 2024
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This review aims to furnish an updated assessment of the societal healthcare load, including cancer and cardiovascular disease resulting from diagnostic radiologic operations. The previously projected additional cancer risk of 0.9% in a United States 2004 study referred to radiological conditions in 1996 [...] Read more.
This review aims to furnish an updated assessment of the societal healthcare load, including cancer and cardiovascular disease resulting from diagnostic radiologic operations. The previously projected additional cancer risk of 0.9% in a United States 2004 study referred to radiological conditions in 1996 with an X-ray exposure of 0.50 millisievert (mSv) per capita annually. Radiological exposure (radiology + nuclear medicine) has escalated to 2.29 mSv (2016) per capita per year. Low-dose exposures were previously assumed to have a lower biological impact, since they allow the DNA repair system to mitigate molecular damage. However, epidemiological data matured and disproved this assumption, as shown by updated cancer risk assessments derived from the World Health Organization 2013 and the German Institute of Radioprotection 2014 data. The risk of cardiovascular disease aligns within the same order of magnitude as cancer risk and compounds it, as shown by a comprehensive meta-analysis of 93 studies. The collective societal burden arising from the augmented risks of cancer and cardiovascular disease attributable to diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine is higher than previously thought. Full article
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