Artificial Intelligence and Multi-Omics in Cardiovascular Diseases: A New Era of Precision Medicine
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) arise through interactions across genetic, molecular, cellular, anatomical and physiological scales, yet these dimensions are often studied in isolation. Integrating multi-omics with medical imaging, electrocardiography, electronic health records and wearable measurements can provide a more comprehensive view of cardiovascular disease than any single modality. Artificial intelligence (AI) provides a computational framework for analyzing these heterogeneous data and linking molecular alterations to disease phenotypes, clinical trajectories and therapeutic opportunities. However, progress is limited by sparse and incompletely matched datasets, cross-modal misalignment, limited interpretability, poor generalizability, and unresolved privacy and governance challenges. In this review, we examine the opportunities and limitations of AI-enabled multimodal integration in cardiovascular research and clinical translation. Overcoming these barriers is essential to establish AI-enabled multimodal integration as a robust foundation for more mechanistically informed and precise cardiovascular medicine.
Authors
- Yukuan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0740-6017)
- Xudong Xing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0681-9378)
- Ruibo Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1720-4183)
- Xiaoyu Shi
- Zhipeng Zhang
- Qiaoxi Yang
Institutions
- Ritsumeikan University (JP)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Beijing Institute of Genomics (CN)
- Fu Wai Hospital (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cardiac Research
- Published
- 2026-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/re9.0000000000000038
- Primary Topic
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00