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ReviewCardiovascular ultrasound2021

Artificial intelligence in echocardiography: detection, functional evaluation, and disease diagnosis.

Jia Zhou, Meng Du, Shuai Chang, Zhiyi Chen

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Review in Cardiovascular ultrasound, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Advancement in pre- and peri-procedural imaging.European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology · 2026
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  13. Multi-View Echocardiographic Embedding for Accessible AI Development.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jia ZhouThe First Affiliated Hospital, Medical Imaging Centre, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, 69 Chuanshan Road, Hengyang, 421001, China.
Meng DuInstitute of Medical Imaging, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
Shuai ChangThe First Affiliated Hospital, Medical Imaging Centre, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, 69 Chuanshan Road, Hengyang, 421001, China.
Zhiyi ChenThe First Affiliated Hospital, Medical Imaging Centre, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, 69 Chuanshan Road, Hengyang, 421001, China. zhiyi_chen@usc.edu.cn.

Funding

Key Technologies Research and Development Program 2019YFE0110400
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultrasound is one of the most important examinations for clinical diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. The speed of image movements driven by the frequency of the beating heart is faster than that of other organs. This particularity of echocardiography poses a challenge for sonographers to diagnose accurately. However, artificial intelligence for detection, functional evaluation, and disease diagnosis has gradually become an alternative for accurate diagnosis and treatment using echocardiography. This work discusses the current application of artificial intelligence in echocardiography technology, its limitations, and future development directions.

Indexed as

Artificial IntelligenceCardiovascular DiseasesEchocardiographyHeartHumansUltrasonographyArtificial intelligence (AI)EchocardiographyFunctional evaluationNormalizationSegmentation

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PMID34416899
PMCPMC8379752

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