Advances in Blood Flow Quantification Methods for Diagnosis, Monitoring, Prediction, and Personalized Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
- 1st Edition - June 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Zahra Keshavarz Motamed, Jose M. de La Torre Hernández, Philippe Pibarot
- Language: English
Advances in Blood Flow Quantification Methods for Diagnosis, Monitoring, Prediction, and Personalized Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease explains how abnormal hemodynamics (blood… Read more
Advances in Blood Flow Quantification Methods for Diagnosis, Monitoring, Prediction, and Personalized Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease posits that novel, image-based computational modelling hemodynamic analysis tools will enable the next generation of diagnosis, predictive, and treatment planning resources for cardiovascular disease. Readers will become well-versed in recent advances in hemodynamic approaches, while preparing themselves for the next wave of revolutions in cardiovascular health.
- Presents a comprehensive integration of cardiovascular disease within the context of hemodynamics
- Delves into the latest advanced diagnostic and predictive tools to leverage hemodynamics for cardiovascular disease diagnosis and prediction
- Emphasizes the application of hemodynamics in creating personalized treatment plans and interventions, exploring how individualized data-driven insights can guide therapeutic decisions and interventions
2. Hemodynamics: Fundamentals and roles in progression of cardiac disease
3. Advances in blood flow quantification methods for diagnosis and monitoring, of cardiovascular disease
4. Advances in blood flow quantification methods for prediction of cardiovascular intervention
5. Advances in image processing for diagnosis, monitoring, and prediction of cardiovascular disease
6. Advances in signal processing for diagnosis, monitoring, and prediction of cardiovascular disease
7. Advances in imaged-based experimental methods for diagnosis of cardiovascular disease and for prediction of the effects of treatments/intervention on cardiovascular disease
8. Advances in personalized and precision treatment
9. Advances in computational-aided interventions
10. Advances in image-guided interventions
11. Translational AI for diagnosis, monitoring, and prediction of cardiovascular disease
12. Challenges and future directions
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: June 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Zahra Keshavarz Motamed
Dr. Zahra K. Motamed PhD, MSc, directs the Cardiovascular Research Group and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McMaster University. She is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, with over 17 years of experience in cardiovascular diseases and their devices. She served as the Chair of the 2021 NSERC Research Tool and Instruments Selection Committee for Mechanical Engineering. She is on the editorial board of Scientific Reports, and for the Journal of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
She was a handling Editor in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. She is currently the invited lead guest editor of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, and an invited guest editor of Scientific Reports (a Nature journal). Her research interests are mainly in the areas of computational fluid dynamics for the study of cardiovascular disease, translational and basic cardiovascular mechanics, and developing quantitative diagnostic, predictive, and intervention-optimization tools.
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Jose M. de La Torre Hernández
Jose M. de La Torre Hernández MD, PhD, FESC is an interventional cardiologist and head of the Hemodynamics and Interventional Department of the Marques de Valdecilla University of Santander. He is the president of the Spanish Society of Cardiology, and is a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology. Dr. Hernández is the former associate director of the Trans Catheter Therapeutics and TCT conferences (USA).
Dr. Hernández has participated in over 75 clinical trials for cardiac devices and has been an author in more than 220 peer-reviewed papers and 7 book chapters. Dr. Hernández currently serves as the Founder and Editor in Chief of REC: Interventional Cardiology, editorial consultant in JACC Interventions and section editor in Eurointervention. Dr. Hernández brings a vast clinical insight essential to the success of this book, specifically in terms of future clinical device adoptability.
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Philippe Pibarot
Philippe Pibarot, DVM, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FASE, FESC, FCCS is a professor in the Department of Medicine at Laval University, holds the Canada Research Chair in Valvular Heart Disease, and is head of Cardiology Research at Québec Heart & Lung Institute (IUCPQ). He is principal investigator in studies and trials funded by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and directs the Echocardiography Core Laboratory at IUCPQ.
He is associate editor for the Structural Heart and Eurointervention journals, Imaging section editor for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Heart Valve Society. He received the Annual Achievement Award of the Canadian Society of Echocardiography, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Research Achievement Award, the Feigenbaum Lecture Award, and the CIHR-ICRH/CCS Distinguished Lecturer Award in Cardiovascular Sciences. His research program develops and validates patient-oriented approaches to improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of VHD.