Assessing left atrial function in patients with atrial fibrillation and valvular heart disease using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

Jie Hou Yu SunLibo ZhangWei WangHongrui YouRongrong ZhangBen-Qiang Yang Hui-Shan Wang

Published in: Clinical cardiology (2022)

CMR-FT can be used to assess the LA strain parameters, and identify LA dysfunction and deformation noninvasively, which could be a helpful functional imaging biomarker in the clinical treatment of AF-VHD.

Keyphrases

left atrial
atrial fibrillation
magnetic resonance imaging
catheter ablation
mitral valve
left ventricular
high resolution
oral anticoagulants
heart failure
computed tomography
pulmonary hypertension
oxidative stress
mass spectrometry
aortic valve
photodynamic therapy
contrast enhanced
smoking cessation