Howard Leong-Poi, MD, FRCPC, FCCS, FACC, FASE
Medical Director, Heart, Lung & Vascular Program
St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
University of Toronto
Mireille Bherer, MSc (she/her/hers)
PhD Student
Université Laval
Faezeh Lotfikazemi, PhD candidate
PhD candidate
McGill University
Yifan Wang, BSc (he/him/his)
Medical Student
University of Ottawa
Through four abstract presentations, this session explores how artificial intelligence is advancing cardiovascular imaging and disease classification. Topics include synthetic T1 mapping using GANs, new echocardiographic parameters for mitral regurgitation, and unsupervised clustering in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy—bridging AI, imaging, and precision cardiology.
Presentations:
Mireille Bherer – A Novel Echocardiographic Parameter to Assess Right Ventricle and Outcomes in Asymptomatic Primary Mitral Regurgitation
Faezeh Lotfikazemi – Synthetic T1 Map Generation Using R-GAN for Non-Contrast Myocardial Fibrosis Detection
Yifan Wang – Unsupervised Phenotypic Clustering in Dilated and Hypokinetic Non-Dilated Forms of Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Associations with Future Clinical Outcomes