Opportunistic Screening for Atrial Fibrillation on Routine Chest Computed Tomography.
William A ParkerDavis M VigneaultIssac YangAlex BrattAlizee C MarquardtHusham SharifiHaiwei Henry GuoPublished in: Journal of thoracic imaging (2023)
LA-MACSA or LA-AP can be rapidly measured from routine chest CT, and when >30 cm2 and >4.5 cm, respectively, are specific indicators to predict patients at increased risk for AFib.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- dual energy
- atrial fibrillation
- clinical practice
- positron emission tomography
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- transcription factor
- left atrial
- catheter ablation
- heart failure
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- magnetic resonance
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease