7 Hot Topics in Cardiac CT Imaging

7 Hot Topics in Cardiac CT Imaging

There were several interesting new in cardiovascular computed tomography imaging at the 2019 of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography in July. topics at this year's included integration of artificial (AI) 7 Hot Topics into CT systems, heart assessments for transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion, M. D. , Women's Hospital, Harvard School. Watch an interview Blankstein in the VIDEO: of Cardiac CT Trends 2019 SCCT Meeting Highlights. attendees are about divided between cardiologists.

The Skeptical Cardiologist was listening to a podcast discussion between Sam Harris and Eric Topol recently and became flabbergasted. Topol, the "world-renowned cardiologist" who is seemingly everywhere in media these days was discussing what he considers the overuse of imaging technology during the podcast which Harris's website describes as follows: In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Eric Topol about the way artificial intelligence can improve medicine. They talk about soaring medical costs and declining health outcomes in the U. S. , the problems of too cardiac ct scan little and too much medicine, the culture of medicine, the travesty of electronic health records, the current status of AI in medicine, the promise of further breakthroughs, possible downsides of relying on AI in medicine, and other topics. Personally, I have been amazed at the hype and promotion that artificial intelligence (AI) has been getting given the near-total absence in cardiology of any tangible benefits from it and wanted to hear what the man who wrote "Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again" had to say about it.

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