Long-term follow up of 3 T MRI-detected brain lesions after percutaneous catheter-based left atrial appendage closure.

Barbara BellmannAndreas RilligCarsten SkurkDavid Manuel LeistnerKarl Georg HaeuslerTina LinRohat GeranLuzie KoehlerSelma GuttmannVerena TschollMattias RoserKlaus LenzKersten VillringerJai- Wun ParkJochen B FiebachUlf Landmesser

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2018)

While new MRI-detected brain lesions are commonly observed after percutaneous LAAC, ABLs were no longer detectable in 71% of the patients at the three-month follow-up. There were no significant changes in neurocognitive function after LAAC and at the three-month follow-up.

Keyphrases

left atrial appendage
ultrasound guided
contrast enhanced
resting state
magnetic resonance imaging
white matter
minimally invasive
atrial fibrillation
diffusion weighted imaging
functional connectivity
radiofrequency ablation
bipolar disorder
computed tomography
magnetic resonance