Selection of the best of 2022 in cardiac imaging

ABSTRACT

This review article aims to summarize the role of cardiac imaging regarding the most relevant technical and knowledge advances published within the last year. Although diagnosis and detection of cardiac involvement due to coronavirus disease maintain a prominent place, other interesting hot topics have been raised. Among the most relevant, it is noteworthy to highlight the prognostic utility of different parameters obtained by advanced imaging techniques in the field of valvular heart disease, cardiovascular prevention or cardio-oncology, the prominent role of imaging in the first diagnostic step of the new Chest Pain guidelines or the exponential growth of percutaneous structural interventionism, where further knowledge is demanded in terms of patient selection, procedure timing or predictors of success. Finally, artificial intelligence is a promising tool already in our hands, we hope that diagnostic precision and interpretation time will improve thanks to these technological advances. Copyright © 2022 Sociedad Espanola de Cardiologia