Cardiovascular Diseases: Advances in Echocardiography and Cardiac Computed Tomography
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Imaging and Theranostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 19
Special Issue Editor
Interests: heart failure; echocardiography; valvular heart disease; strain imaging; cardiac computed tomography; atherosclerosis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA) are two leading imaging modalities with an expanding role in the diagnosis and risk stratification of cardiovascular diseases. Echocardiography remains the cornerstone imaging modality for the assessment of heart failure and valvular heart disease. Beyond classical 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography, cutting-edge echocardiographic techniques such as speckle-tracking echocardiography and 3-dimensional echocardiography are being integrated into clinical practice, allowing for greater diagnostic accuracy and a more comprehensive assessment of disease. Coronary CTA is established as the imaging modality of choice for the assessment of patients with a low-to-moderate pre-test likelihood of obstructive coronary artery disease, while the coronary artery calcium score has been recognized as a diagnostic tool to help reclassify risk for patients with a low pre-test likelihood. Beyond these roles, emerging aspects of coronary CTA are gaining attention, including the noninvasive quantification and characterization of coronary atherosclerosis with the use of quantitative coronary plaque analysis, the assessment of ischemia with CT myocardial perfusion analysis, and the hemodynamic assessment of coronary artery stenosis with CT fractional flow reserve. This Special Issue invites original research articles, case studies, case reports, and reviews that highlight novel aspects and clinical applications of echocardiography or cardiac CTA, with the aim of publishing high-quality scientific articles that ultimately optimize the diagnosis, risk stratification, and care of patients with cardiovascular disease.
Sincerely,
Dr. Vasileios Kamperidis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heart failure
- echocardiography
- valvular heart disease
- strain imaging
- cardiac computed tomography
- atherosclerosis
- cardiomyopathy
- 3D imaging
- coronary artery disease
- CT FFR
- perfusion imaging
- stress echocardiography
- TEE
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