Anna Witowicz, MD

Come join us for the Artificial Intelligence Scientific Session 🌍 at Kasprowisko 2026 🏔️ - a great opportunity to explore #AI step by step and discover practical AI tools in cardiology🫀 that you can integrate into your daily clinical routine! Serdecznie zapraszamy na sesję naukową o sztucznej inteligencji 🌍 na Kasprowisku 2026!🏔️ To niesamowita okazja, aby krok po kroku zgłębić #AI i odkryć praktyczne narzędzia AI w kardiologii🫀, które można wprowadzić do codziennej praktyki klinicznej! 📅 28.03.2026 ⏰ 9:00-10:30 📍 Sala Ornak, Hotel Kasprowy, Zakopane Kasprowisko.pl #Kasprowisko26 Asocjacja Elektrokardiologii Nieinwazyjnej i Telemedycyny PTK Polskie Towarzystwo Kardiologiczne Sekcja Sztucznej Inteligencji i Rozwiązań Cyfrowych PTK Asocjacja Rytmu Serca Polskiego Towarzystwa Kardiologicznego Asocjacja Niewydolności Serca PTK Asocjacja Echokardiografii PTK Narodowy Instytut Kardiologii @WomenAs1 @escardio #DigitalHealth

🫀 Strain Echo is now mainstream clinical practice New @ASE360 + #EACVI consensus makes GLS essential, not optional. 📌 Abnormal GLS: > –16% 📉 Serial drop 10–15% = significant Where it matters most: ✔️ Cardio-oncology (detects dysfunction before EF falls) ✔️ HF (adds prognosis beyond EF) ✔️ HFpEF & unexplained dyspnea ✔️ Valvular disease risk stratification ✔️ Amyloidosis & cardiomyopathy pattern recognition Bottom line: If you’re not reporting GLS, you’re missing prognostic data. #echofirst #CVImaging @rafavidalperez @YBououdina @MSBBrandao @ydaryani @Elizabeth_antos @pfelissamburu @CharlesFauvel @alexsfelixecho @ElizabetaK10533 @samsrivastava77 @MihaiTrofenciuc @C_VanDeHeyning @drozgeozden @Giulia_Vinco @VazyurVasquez @VDelgadoGarcia @EHJCVIEiC academic.oup.com/ehjcimaging/ad…

"Not to replace you, but to copilot with you." 🤝 Reflecting on a fantastic week at EACVI 2025, this sentiment from Victoria Delgado(@VDelgadoGarcia) , President of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, perfectly captured the mood of the conference. During our workshop, she highlighted how AI is not about competition. It is about support. "These tools in the future will make our lives better, elevating our practices." We saw this clearly in the discussion on inter-variability. Professor Masao Daimon joined the conversation, noting the global shift towards these solutions: "AI tech has gained popularity in Japan and I would like to use it." Clinicians are looking for tools like EchoConfidence because they reduce variability between readers. They act as that reliable "copilot" to ensure every measurement is consistent, regardless of who is reporting. #EACVI2025 #FutureOfHealth #Cardiology #EchoConfidence #AI #MyCardiumAI

Atherosclerotic #plaque regression has been well documented under intensive medical therapy. What remains less clearly defined is how advanced imaging can be used to prospectively identify and guide plaques selection of plaques most likely to respond to targeted pharmacological intervention. In our recently published case, we used #CCTA-derived plaque morphology not just as a diagnostic snapshot, but as a guiding tool for therapy. Much like #CT-guided PCI helps us select the right patient and the right device — soft plaques for scoring or non-compliant balloons, heavy calcium for advanced calcium-modifying tools — a CT-guided lipid-lowering strategy may allow us to select plaques that are more likely to respond to pharmacotherapy before they declare themselves clinically. In this case, we move one step further: a carefully characterized plaque, despite being functionally significant, regressed and became flow non-limiting under optimized medical therapy alone. Whether this approach could become a viable alternative to DES or DEB #PCI in selected patients remains an open question. But the concept is intriguing: treating plaque biology with the same precision we already apply to coronary anatomy. We also highlight several plaque-specific characteristics in the discussion that may have facilitated this favorable outcome — factors that could help identify patients most likely to benefit from this strategy. This is not a call to abandon PCI. It’s an invitation to reconsider when and how we intervene — and when biology might still be modifiable. Link: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S26… @ColletCarlos, @SBorodzicz, @CoreAalst, @Heartflow, @escardio @EAPCIPresident, @PTKardio

There is still so much to be discovered in aortic stenosis!! Full room at 830 am to learn from renowned experts in cardiac imaging in aortic stenosis with our colleagues from @CSEchoCa at #EACVI2025 🤩🤩looking forward to the discussion @EACVIPresident

New insights by machine learning in valvular heart disease by Iksung Cho @Echo_KSE #EACVI2025 @escardio

I’ve just arrived in #Vienna🚀🐦‍🔥Ready and excited for the #EACVI2025 Congress!📡 🫀@escardio @EACVIPresident 🫀@PTKardio 🫀@nikardiologii 🫀@WomenAs1 #DCAI_PCS #AI #Imaging #ESCDigital

Thank you for being part of the very first ESC Digital & AI Summit! We were thrilled to have you join us for this innovative and thought-provoking event. A special thank you to our esteemed volunteers and partners, whose passion and commitment made this summit a true success. We look forward to welcoming you next year, 12–13 November, in beautiful Basel, Switzerland! #ESCAIsummit2025 @SandyEngelh @BruiningNico @fwasselbergs

Ending #ESCAISummit2025 at home with #ESC365 @escardio AI and the future of medicine by Daniel Rueckert (Technical University of Munich - Munich, Germany)

Day two at ESC Digital & AI Summit 2025 started with a sharp keynote from Folkert Asselbergs on the real frontier of cardiovascular AI. He outlined the shift from simple generative models to agentic and multi-agent systems that can retrieve data, reason, and support complex decisions — even integrating imaging, guidelines, risks and patient preferences. Powerful examples, but paired with equally strong warnings: data-poisoning risks, algorithmic bias, and the need for strict validation frameworks. His message was clear: AI in cardiology is accelerating fast, but must stay grounded in guidelines, rigorous evaluation, cybersecurity, and workforce education. I have no doubt that there is a concise but compelling roadmap for where our field is heading. #ESCAIsummit2025 #DigitalHealth #AIinCardiology @fwasselbergs

Graph neural networks for analysis of echocardiography and beyond by Sarina Thomas #ESCAISummit2025 @escardio

First day at ESC Digital & AI Summit 2025 closed with a packed keynote session on one of the most urgent frontiers in our field: how to responsibly unlock the power of AI for healthcare. Max Tschochohei set the stage with “AI decoded”, a clear-eyed tour through what AI can (and can’t) do today. The thread running through his talk was practical empowerment — how researchers, clinicians and health-system leaders can use AI as an amplifier of evidence, not a replacement for expertise. The panel that followed, chaired by Folkert Asselbergs and Thomas Lüscher, pulled the discussion back to reality: governance, cybersecurity, data stewardship, and the messy human factors that shape every clinical workflow. The energy in the hall was unmistakable. If the goal of day one was to align ambition with responsibility, this keynote nailed the landing. #ESCAIsummit2025 #DigitalHealth #AIinCardiology

Technology and Innovation Award: Early products and research developments   Smart problem list: using large language models for automated maintenance of problem lists in cardiology by Giulia Baldini #ESCAISummit2025 @escardio

ESC avatar raising burning questions to Prof Asselbergs -Chair of DCAİ committee @ the opening ceremony #ESCAISummit2025 😎

AI decoded: how researchers, practitioners and clinicians can leverage AI for the future of healthcare by Max Tschochohei @Google #ESCAISummit2025 @escardio it seems oncology gets a lot of interest for potential #AI uses

AI and ambient listening technology to assist coding By @IsabellaWies #ESCAISummit2025 @escardio what do we understand by ambient listening and his value

#ESCAISummit2025 Berlin starts with @TomLuscher @ESC_President @escardio

Attending the #BerlinerPhilharmoniker is a great way to start the ESC Digital & AI Summit 2025! #ESCAISummit2025 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Sir Antonio Pappano, María Dueñas Works by Édouard Lalo and Antonín Dvořák @escardio @PTKardio Sekcja Sztucznej Inteligencji i Rozwiązań Cyfrowych PTK #SIRC

All eyes on #ESCAIsummit2025 👏 Stay tuned for two days of exceptional coverage on #AI and #DigitalHealth from our Ambassadors: @DavidDuncker @GawalkoMonika @NurglKeser6 @HenrikeHillmann @pan_pantelidis @rbcasado @DrKoltowski @rafavidalperez Be part of the conversation—share the latest updates! Join us onsite in Berlin 21-22 November 👉esc365.escardio.org/ESC-Digital-AI…

Vena Contracta Area >0.65 cm² — A New Warning Sign in Secondary TR? linkedin.com/pulse/vena-con… via @LinkedIn