Epicardial adipose tissue dispersion at CT and recurrent atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation.
Adrian Thomas HuberSeverin FankhauserSeverin WittmerLaureve CholletAnna LamJens MaurhoferAntonio MadaffariJens SeilerHelge ServatiusAndreas HaeberlinFabian NotiNicolas BruggerHendrik von Tengg-KobligkChristoph GräniLaurent RotenHildegard TannerTobias ReichlinPublished in: European radiology (2024)
• Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) remodeling is associated with atrial fibrillation (AF). • A larger left atrial EAT dispersion in a pre-procedural cardiac CT was associated with a higher 1-year AF recurrence risk after pulmonary vein isolation. • A pre-procedural cardiac CT with left atrial EAT dispersion assessment may provide a more accurate risk stratification and patient selection for PVI.
Keyphrases
- left atrial
- atrial fibrillation
- adipose tissue
- catheter ablation
- left ventricular
- image quality
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- oral anticoagulants
- contrast enhanced
- left atrial appendage
- mitral valve
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- insulin resistance
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- positron emission tomography
- high fat diet
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic resonance
- acute coronary syndrome
- high resolution
- coronary artery disease
- free survival
- skeletal muscle