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S12 - BWGA - Artificial Intelligence and cardiovascular diseases
Angiology Ethics & Economy
Location: Audit 2000 - 29/01/2026, 15:10 - 29/01/2026, 16:25 (Europe/Brussels) (1 hour 15 minutes)
Moderators:
Tine de Backer - UGent
Peter Verhamme - KU Leuven

15:10 - 15:35, AI for dummies: view from a cardiologist

Alexandre Unger is a cardiology specialist in training from Belgium and a doctoral candidate in cardiovascular imaging. His research focuses on advanced applications of cardiac magnetic resonance and multimodality imaging for risk stratification


15:35 - 16:00, AI and vascular diseases

Vascular medicine physician (Assistant professor in vascular medicine), and head of vascular medicine unit (based in cardiology)  in Tours university Hospital. 

I defended a PhD in medical informatics in which I developped a predictive model of secondary Hypertension. ​


16:00 - 16:25, AI and pulmonary embolism

Pulmonologist and intensivist at the University Hospital of Liège, I am in charge of the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit. My expertise focuses on hemodynamics, pulmonary vascular diseases, and thoracic imaging. I manage severe respiratory failure with or without ECMO support, including ARDS and pulmonary embolism. I am a member of the hospital PERT and contribute to the multidisciplinary care of PAH and CTEPH patients, for whom I perform right heart catheterization.