Cardiac Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance to Predict the Absence of Intracardiac Thrombus in Anticoagulated Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.
Fatima ZaraketDeva BasJesus JimenezBenjamin CasteigtBegoña BenitoJulio Martí-AlmorJavi ConejosHelena Tizón-MarcosDiana MojónErmengol VallèsPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
CT and MRI are excellent surrogates to TEE and ICE to rule out intracardiac thrombus in patients adequately anticoagulated prior AF ablation. This is true even for delayed procedures as long as anticoagulation is uninterrupted.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left atrial appendage
- magnetic resonance
- contrast enhanced
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- left atrial
- newly diagnosed
- direct oral anticoagulants
- left ventricular
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- oral anticoagulants
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- heart failure
- prognostic factors
- venous thromboembolism
- radiofrequency ablation
- image quality
- dual energy
- positron emission tomography
- mitral valve