Incremental value of the combined brain-cardiac CT protocol on prediction of atrial fibrillation after stroke.
Alexandra BraillonAngélique BernardThibault LeclercqGauthier DuloquinThibaut PommierKarim BenaliPierre-Olivier CombyRomaric LoffroyMarco MidullaFrédéric RicolfiYannick BéjotCharles GuenanciaPublished in: European stroke journal (2022)
Adding CCTA to the acute stroke protocol to assess markers of atrial cardiopathy associated with AFDAS may help to better stratify the AF screening strategy, including the use of an ICM.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- randomized controlled trial
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- computed tomography
- heart failure
- image quality
- white matter
- dual energy
- left ventricular
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- contrast enhanced
- positron emission tomography
- cerebral ischemia
- magnetic resonance
- magnetic resonance imaging
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- pet ct