Artificial Intelligence in Vascular Diseases: From Clinical Practice to Medical Research and Education

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought new opportunities in medicine, with a great potential to improve care provided to patients. Given the technical complexity and continuously evolving field, it can be challenging for vascular specialists to anticipate and foresee how AI will shape their practice. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the current landscape of applications of AI in clinical practice for the management of non-cardiac vascular diseases including aortic aneurysm, peripheral artery disease, carotid stenosis, and venous diseases. The review describes and highlights how AI has the potential to shape the three pillars in the management of vascular diseases including clinical practice, medical research and education. In the limelight of these results, we show how AI should be considered and developed within a responsible ecosystem favoring transdisciplinary collaboration, where multiple stake holders can work together to face current challenges and move forward future directions.