The use of cardiac-CT alone to exclude left atrial thrombus before atrial fibrillation ablation: Efficiency, safety, and cost analysis.
Wassim MoslehAli SheikhZaid SaidMohamed Abdel-Aal AhmedSiri GaddeTanvi ShahMichael F WilsonHiroko BeckChee KimUmesh C SharmaPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2018)
In low-to-intermediate stroke risk patients with paroxysmal AF undergoing cryoablation, eliminating TEE and employing CCTA-only strategy to rule-out LAAT improves electrophysiology laboratory efficiency without influencing periprocedural cost or increasing postprocedural stroke risk.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- catheter ablation
- direct oral anticoagulants
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- dual energy
- image quality
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- blood brain barrier