Visualizing Cardiac Function: Advances in Modern Imaging Diagnostics
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 July 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cardiology; cardiac imaging; echocardiography; coronary artery disease; heart failure
2. National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London SW3 6LY, UK
Interests: cardiac imaging; echocardiography; coronary artery disease; valve disease; heart failure
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Dear Colleagues,
Understanding and quantifying cardiac function is fundamental to diagnosing and managing cardiovascular disease. In recent years, advances in noninvasive imaging have revolutionized the way we visualize the beating heart—allowing for more detailed assessment of anatomy, mechanics, and flow.
This Special Issue focuses on recent innovations in echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), and computed tomography (CT), as well as emerging techniques such as 3D and 4D imaging, myocardial strain analysis, and artificial intelligence–driven image interpretation.
We invite original research and review articles that explore how these modalities contribute to the evaluation of ventricular and atrial performance, myocardial deformation, valvular dynamics, and tissue characterization. Contributions addressing novel imaging biomarkers for heart failure, congenital and valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and ischemic heart disease are particularly welcome.
By gathering current evidence and forward-looking perspectives, this Special Issue aims to showcase how modern imaging is reshaping the understanding of cardiac function—bridging technology and clinical insight to advance precision cardiology.
Dr. Dafni Charisopoulou
Prof. Dr. Michael Henein
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cardiac imaging
- echocardiography
- coronary artery disease
- valve disease
- heart failure
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