SCAI President Sunil Rao, MD, discussed the group's efforts to address the shift in interventional procedures from hospitals to less expensive ambulatory surgical centers.

Radiology makes up the vast majority of FDA-cleared AI algorithms, but with minimal or no reimbursement, hospital administrators may ask whether AI’s value justifies its expense.

Overall, cardiologists made corrections to 16.8% of AI-generated assessments and 27.2% of sonographer assessments.

The interventional cardiologist is now working with vendor Supira Medical to help advance the company's next-generation percutaneous ventricular assist device.

Cardiology has the second largest number of FDA-cleared AI algorithms, and many of them are for cardiac ultrasound. Echocardiography expert Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, discusses this trend and how AI is helping improve echo.

Sahil Parikh, MD, talked to Cardiovascular Business about growing trends related to the treatment of critical lower limb ischemia. "We are getting better and better at saving their limbs, but we are not better at saving their lives," he said. 

Sahil Parikh, MD, director of endovascular services at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, said treating these patients can be quite challenging. 

Most FDA-cleared AI algorithms are related to radiology and cardiology, meaning radiologists and cardiologists need to make an effort to learn how these technologies work.