11/ Until then, I wish you all some well-deserved downtime, a joyful festive season, and happy holidays. Thank you for being part of the #EACVI family. @VDelgadoGarcia

Congratulations to Prof @denisamuraru, incoming EACVI President, has been awarded the prestigious title of Professor Honoris Causa by Semmelweis University in Budapest, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of cardiovascular imaging. The distinction recognizes Professor Muraru’s contributions to innovation and education in cardiovascular imaging, her internationally recognized scientific achievements, and her valuable collaboration with Semmelweis University. The award also highlights the importance of international scientific collaboration and reflects a longstanding partnership between the research group led by Professor Muraru and Professor @lpbadano at Auxologico and the team led by Dr Attila Kovács at Semmelweis University. Their collaboration has focused particularly on advancing the study of the right heart through three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography. To mark the occasion, Professor Muraru delivered the Honorary Lecture, “From the Right Heart to the Future of Cardiovascular Imaging,” exploring the future of cardiovascular imaging and the evolution toward increasingly quantitative, integrated, and patient-centered diagnostics. A significant recognition of scientific excellence, innovation, education, and international collaboration in cardiovascular imaging. auxologico.it/news/muraru-pr… @rafavidalperez @YBououdina @MSBBrandao @ydaryani @Elizabeth_antos @pfelissamburu @CharlesFauvel @alexsfelixecho @galzeranod @andgiannopmd @hrt01a @WilliamKokFaiK1 @M_Marwan_ @drahmedmohsen85 @aniela_petrescu @benayozbay @slumberbell @senguptasp @ElizabetaK10533 @MihaiTrofenciuc @C_VanDeHeyning @drozgeozden @Giulia_Vinco @VazyurVasquez @Sarah_Moharem @s_e_petersen @VictoriaDe32503

📣 The EACVI 2026–2028 call for Committee Members and Special Interest Groups is now open! This is a fantastic opportunity to: 🔹 Contribute your expertise and experience 🔹 Connect and collaborate with colleagues across Europe and beyond 🔹 Help shape the future of cardiovascular imaging 🔹 Advance clinical excellence, research, innovation, and education If you’re looking to become more actively involved in the vibrant cardiovascular imaging community of the @escardio, we encourage you to apply ✨ 👉 Find out more and apply: bit.ly/4h8H5kA #EACVI #CardiovascularImaging #ESC #Cardiology #MedicalImaging #Research #Education #Innovation @DrGEMandoli @Matte_Cameli @EchoSoliman @RFontesCarvalho @NAjmoneMarsan @rmanka_ @anatimoteo46040 @alessia_gimelli @bernhard_gerber @RFontesCarvalho @Ph_Bertrand @rmanka_ @italian_cot @TomazP3 @AnnaBaritussio @PezelT @andgiannopmd @carpenter_jp @Sarah_Moharem @s_e_petersen @denisamuraru @VictoriaDe32503

Multimodality imaging in the evaluation and management of aortic stenosis: alignment with @escardio /@EACTS 2025 Guidelines   How are you applying the latest ESC/EACVI recommendations on aortic stenosis? To share how multimodality imaging is used in your daily practice and help identify current challenges and educational needs. surveymonkey.com/r/MQ9ZXCD?u… @rafavidalperez @YBououdina @MSBBrandao @ydaryani @Elizabeth_antos @pfelissamburu @CharlesFauvel @alexsfelixecho @galzeranod @andgiannopmd @hrt01a @WilliamKokFaiK1 @M_Marwan_ @drahmedmohsen85 @aniela_petrescu @benayozbay @slumberbell @senguptasp @ElizabetaK10533 @MihaiTrofenciuc @C_VanDeHeyning @drozgeozden @Giulia_Vinco @VazyurVasquez

Great to see such strong collaboration between #EACVI and the Romanian Society of Cardiology. International partnerships like this are invaluable for sharing expertise, strengthening professional networks, and advancing cardiovascular imaging and patient care across Europe. Congratulations to the @SRCCardio ! 👏❤️🫀

🚀 The future of cardiovascular imaging is not just about better technology — it’s about consistency, integration, and clinical value. A timely new article in the European Heart Journal highlights the key messages from the EACVI Summit 2026, bringing together cardiovascular imaging leaders from 31 countries. Several priorities stand out: 🔹 Standardisation matters — from acquisition and measurements to terminology, reporting and quality criteria. 🔹 Clinical equivalence matters more than identical numbers — echo, CMR and CT may produce different measurements, but they should contribute to one coherent clinical interpretation. 🔹 AI should strengthen quality, not create new silos — with opportunities in acquisition guidance, reproducible measurements, quality control, longitudinal comparison and structured reporting. 🔹 Education remains essential — clinicians need to understand not only how to use AI, but also its limitations, potential biases and when human judgement should override automation. Perhaps the most striking finding: 60% of respondents identified resistance to change as the dominant national barrier to standardisation, ahead of technology, resources, training, reimbursement and regulatory obstacles. The vision is simple and powerful: 1 patient. 1 consistent imaging interpretation. 1 coherent longitudinal story. An important direction for the future of cardiovascular imaging — moving from technological capability to reproducible, integrated and patient-centred clinical value. 📖 academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a… #EACVI #CardiovascularImaging #𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 #echofirst #CardiacImaging #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #CMR #CardiacCT #DigitalHealth #MedTech #ESC @denisamuraru @VictoriaDe32503 @alessia_gimelli @bernhard_gerber @DrGEMandoli @Matte_Cameli @EchoSoliman @RFontesCarvalho @Ph_Bertrand @anatimoteo46040 @Cosyns @LunaGargani @lpbadano @rmanka_ @YBououdina @italian_cot @TomazP3 @AnnaBaritussio @Sarah_Moharem @PezelT @andgiannopmd @carpenter_jp @s_e_petersen

Advance your expertise in HCM imaging with the #EACVI HCM Masterclass 24-25 September in Lisbon, Portugal. This intensive 1.5-day course is designed for cardiologists establishing an #HCM clinic and those wishing to specialise in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Learn from international experts through case-based discussions and multimodality imaging sessions. 👉 Discover more and register: esc365.escardio.org/event/26… #CVImaging #echofirst #CCT #whyCMR @rafavidalperez @YBououdina @MSBBrandao @ydaryani @Elizabeth_antos @pfelissamburu @CharlesFauvel @alexsfelixecho @galzeranod @andgiannopmd @hrt01a @WilliamKokFaiK1 @M_Marwan_ @drahmedmohsen85 @aniela_petrescu @benayozbay @slumberbell @senguptasp @ElizabetaK10533 @samsrivastava77 @MihaiTrofenciuc @C_VanDeHeyning @drozgeozden @Giulia_Vinco @VazyurVasquez @Sarah_Moharem @denisamuraru @s_e_petersen @VictoriaDe32503

🫀 Take your stress echocardiography skills to the next level! The #EACVI Stress Echocardiography eLearning course takes you from the fundamentals and practical set-up through to protocol selection, interpretation and clinical applications in coronary artery disease, valvular disease, cardiomyopathies and more. 🎓 9 CME credits ⏱️ 9h 15min of learning 💻 Learn at your own pace 💙 Special savings for EACVI members and FEACVI Ready to strengthen your stress echo expertise? Explore the course today. escelearning.escardio.org/co… @ElenaGalli10 @anatimoteo46040 @LilitBaghdasar3 @Ph_Bertrand @Giovann1009 @VerwerftJan @papadocardio @Vlatka_Reskovic @LunaGargani @Sarah_Moharem @s_e_petersen @denisamuraru @VictoriaDe32503 #EACVI #echofirst #StressEcho #Cardiology #CVImaging #MedEd #ESC

🫀 Beyond GLS: Age- & sex-specific LV strain curves from 1,641 healthy participants in CCHS reveal marked age-related changes in diastolic strain morphology. Novel curve metrics may add prognostic value. Worth exploring—check out the paper! ✅doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeag15… @EHJCVIEiC

🫀 Can we use much less regadenoson in paediatric stress perfusion CMR without compromising image quality? A new study introduces a heart rate-targeted regadenoson titration strategy for paediatric stress perfusion CMR, demonstrating that individualized dosing can achieve reliable stress imaging while substantially reducing drug exposure. 🔍 Key findings: ✅ Heart rate-targeted titration reduced the median regadenoson dose by 60% compared with conventional weight-based protocols (3.2 vs. 8 mcg/kg), while achieving the target heart rate response in 100% of successful studies. ✅ All examinations produced diagnostic-quality images, with no major adverse events, despite the lower drug exposure. ✅ In children weighing >50 kg, 83% achieved adequate stress with ≤160 μg, less than half the conventional adult dose of 400 μg. ✅ Stress-induced perfusion defects were detected in 24% of this high-risk cohort, suggesting that individualized titration maintained adequate diagnostic performance while avoiding unnecessary pharmacological stress. 💡 This study suggests that physiology-guided regadenoson dosing may represent a safer and more patient-centred approach to paediatric stress perfusion CMR, although prospective validation with quantitative myocardial perfusion is still needed. 📖 Read the full article: doi.org/10.1093/ehjimp/qyag1… #CardioX #CMR #StressCMR #PaediatricCardiology #CardiacMRI #CongenitalHeartDisease #CardiacImaging #PerfusionCMR #Cardiology #MedTwitter #OpenScience

Exercise stress echocardiography for diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Read the results of a multicentre study just published in #EHJ academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a… @escardio @ESC_Journals #heartfailure #HFpEF

Three new studies, simultaneously published in the European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging alongside #ESCCongress2026, highlight how cardiovascular imaging is moving beyond anatomy toward haemodynamics, molecular biology and earlier risk prediction. 🔹 An MRI-based model offers a promising, non-invasive approach to estimating right atrial pressure—an important marker of right-sided filling pressure and systemic congestion. 🔹 Hybrid [¹⁸F]GP1 PET/MR provides direct in-vivo evidence linking platelet activation and microvascular thrombosis with microvascular obstruction after STEMI. Notably, platelet activity extended beyond abnormalities visible on cardiac MR, suggesting a potentially targetable biological pathway. 🔹 Longitudinal change in the left atrioventricular coupling index independently predicted incident HFpEF in the MESA cohort. An increase of ≥1.6% per year identified participants with more than twice the adjusted risk of HFpEF. Together, these studies show the growing potential of advanced imaging to measure pressure non-invasively, reveal active disease mechanisms and identify subclinical remodelling before heart failure develops. Read the papers: 1️⃣ doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeag20… 2️⃣ doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeag22… 3️⃣ doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeag21… #EHJCVI #CardiovascularImaging #CardiacMRI #PETMRI #STEMI #HFpEF #HeartFailure #Cardiology #MedicalResearch

Today, 1 September 2026, the newly elected members of the ESC Council for Cardiology Practice officially begin their 2026–2028 term — congratulations to the new Nucleus and best wishes for a successful mandate! escardio.org/communities/cou…

Enhanced risk stratification in HCM through CMR-derived ECV: ECV adds prognostic value beyond LGE and identifies high-risk patients even with low LGE burden. A promising imaging biomarker for more refined risk assessment in #HCM #WhyCMR 📰doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeag14… @EACVIPresident

New ESC EACVI/CCP consensus in the European Heart Journal: a practical guide to cardiac CT for every cardiologist, from first-line CCTA in suspected coronary disease to calcium scoring for statin decisions. academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a…

📣 Don’t miss EACVI 2026 in Milan! Join the cardiovascular imaging community from 3–5 December 2026 for three days of cutting-edge science, practical learning and collaboration across echocardiography, CMR, nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT. 🔬 Late-Breaking Science deadline 29 September 2026 at 12:00 noon CEST ⏰Early registration deadline 30 September 2026 🇮🇹 Special rate for eligible SIECVI members Eligibility requirements apply. Submit your latest science, secure the best available registration rate and be part of EACVI 2026! 👉 Learn more: escardio.org/events/congress… #EACVI2026 #CardiovascularImaging #Echocardiography #CardiacMRI #CardiacCT #NuclearCardiology #LateBreakingScience #SIECVI #Cardiology @rafavidalperez @YBououdina @MSBBrandao @ydaryani @Elizabeth_antos @pfelissamburu @CharlesFauvel @alexsfelixecho @galzeranod @andgiannopmd @hrt01a @WilliamKokFaiK1 @M_Marwan_ @drahmedmohsen85 @aniela_petrescu @benayozbay @slumberbell @senguptasp @ElizabetaK10533 @samsrivastava77 @MihaiTrofenciuc @C_VanDeHeyning @drozgeozden @Giulia_Vinco @VazyurVasquez @Sarah_Moharem @denisamuraru @s_e_petersen @VictoriaDe32503

New EACVI Scientific Statement on CVI in clinical trials: Clinical validation ✔️ Analytical validation ✔️ Operational feasibility ✔️ A reference framework to standardize imaging endpoints, improve reproducibility & strengthen trial evidence doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeag17… @EACVIPresident

New #EACVI #HITbite by Dr @ardaguler on: “Redefining Arrhythmic Risk: The Synergy of Imaging and Genetics in DCM” 🫀🧬 If you would like to learn more about the topic, don’t miss the next #EACVI Webinar on 09/09/26, 18:00–19:00 CEST. #EACVIHIT #echofirst #whyCMR #CCT #CVNuclear #ThinkPET 🫀 Redefining arrhythmic risk: the synergy of imaging and genetics How can cardiovascular imaging and genetics come together to improve arrhythmic risk assessment and guide more personalised care? Join Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, Gianluca Pontone and Giovanni Peretto for this upcoming EACVI webinar, exploring the evolving role of imaging and genetics in identifying patients at risk of arrhythmias. 📅 9 September 2026 🕕 18:00–19:00 CEST 💻 Online via ESC 365 🎟️ Free for EACVI members & FEACVI Register esc365.escardio.org/event/27…

🫀 #ESCCongress 2026 | Cardiovascular Imaging Highlights What an inspiring few days in Munich! As EACVI President, it was particularly rewarding to see cardiovascular imaging at the centre of so many discussions — from new evidence and guidelines to artificial intelligence and precision medicine. One message stood out for me: imaging is moving beyond “what does it look like?” toward “what is the diagnosis, what is the risk, and will this change treatment?” A few highlights I am taking home: 🔹 CMR + MINOCA — MINOCA remains a working diagnosis. Early CMR is increasingly central to establishing an etiological diagnosis, including infarction, myocarditis and Takotsubo syndrome. 🔹 CMR-GUIDE — Myocardial scar on CMR alone did not identify patients with LVEF 36–50% who benefited from prophylactic ICD implantation — an important reminder that better phenotyping does not always mean more intervention. 🔹 FUSION — Adding FFR-CT after CCTA reduced unnecessary invasive coronary angiography, highlighting the evolution of CT from anatomy toward integrated anatomical and physiological assessment. 🔹 AI plaque quantification — SCAPIS data suggest that automated total coronary plaque volume provides prognostic information beyond traditional risk assessment, CAC and conventional CCTA interpretation. 🔹 CAC-guided prevention — CorCal Outcomes reminds us that better risk phenotyping does not automatically translate into better clinical outcomes. 🔹 AI and quantitative imaging — from automated coronary plaque assessment to AI-supported quantification of mitral regurgitation, AI has the potential to make cardiovascular imaging more reproducible, scalable and clinically meaningful. 🔹 Imaging and stroke prediction — fascinating work exploring how AI can extract features of atrial myopathy from routine cardiac CT to improve prediction of cardioembolic stroke. 🔹 OCT vs IVUS — ISOLEDS supports OCT as an alternative to IVUS for appropriately selected distal left-main bifurcation PCI, further strengthening the role of intravascular imaging in precision PCI. 🔹 Amyloid PET — early data with ¹²⁴I-evuzamitide PET point toward quantitative molecular imaging of cardiac amyloidosis and a future in which we increasingly image disease biology, not simply anatomy. A personal highlight was participating in the @escardio Paul Hugenholtz Lecture in Innovation, celebrating Professor Charalambos Antoniades and the transformative role of AI in cardiovascular imaging and medicine! 📌 My #ESCCongress 2026 imaging take-home: Echo → phenotype CMR → tissue & etiology CT → anatomy, physiology & plaque burden IVUS/OCT → precision PCI PET → molecular disease AI → extracting more value from every image The future of cardiovascular imaging is not simply about acquiring better pictures. It is about extracting more meaningful information from them and translating that information into better clinical decisions for our patients. For the #EACVI, our responsibility is to ensure these innovations are scientifically robust, clinically validated, reproducible and responsibly translated into everyday cardiovascular care. Congratulations to our imaging community and to everyone contributing to this exciting transformation! ❤️ #ESCCongress #CVImaging #Echocardiography #CMR #CCTA #CardiacCT #NuclearCardiology #ArtificialIntelligence @NAjmoneMarsan @RNijveldt @chiarabd @Cosyns @bogdan_popescu1 @denisamuraru @s_e_petersen @rmanka_ @AnnaGiuliaPavon @WilliamZoghbi @pattypellikka @HEARTinMagnet @rafavidalperez @Hragy @Sarah_Moharem @VictoriaDe32503

Four days of science, conversations & connections, & so many moments worth sharing!🫀🎤✨ That’s a wrap for #ESCMotions at #ESCCongress! Thank you for being part of the journey❤️ From pretzels & schnitzel to pasta in Milan, auf Wiedersehen München & ciao, Milano! 🥨🇩🇪➡️🇮🇹 🍝 @escardio @rafavidalperez @drmilicaa @SMosteoru @corneliacrm @SotiriaLiori @Massimi78530343 @_antocannata @HanCardiomd @Sarah_Moharem

So much happening at ESC TV this year! 📹 Lovely meeting Dr @HanCardiomd from the USA & chatting about the exciting programmes at #ESCCongress, from ESC TV Multiplex to so much more. Bringing the science, conversations & congress buzz to your screen 🫀 #ESCMotions @Massimi78530343 @rafavidalperez @drmilicaa @corneliacrm @SMosteoru @escardio