Assessing left atrial intramyocardial fat infiltration from computerized tomography angiography in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Andrea SagliettoGiulio FalasconiDavid Soto-IglesiasPietro FranciaDiego PenelaJose AldereteDaniel ViverosAldo Francisco BellidoPaula Franco-OcañaFatima ZaraketDario TurturielloJulio Martí-AlmorAntonio BerruezoPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2023)
Persistent forms of AF are associated to greater degree of LA intramyocardial adipose infiltration, independently of BMI. Compared to controls, AF patients present higher LA inFAT volume at left and right superior pulmonary vein antra.
Keyphrases
- left atrial
- atrial fibrillation
- end stage renal disease
- adipose tissue
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- mitral valve
- computed tomography
- left ventricular
- prognostic factors
- optical coherence tomography
- catheter ablation
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- patient reported outcomes
- fatty acid
- clinical decision support