Proximity to the descending aorta predicts regional fibrosis in the adjacent left atrial wall: aetiopathogenic and prognostic implications.
Gala CaixalTill AlthoffPaz GarreFrancisco AlarcónMarta NuñezGarciaEva Maria BenitoRoger BorrasRosario J PereaSusana Prat-GonzálezClara GunturizPaula SanchezDahyr OlivasJ Maria TolosanaElena ArbeloIvo Roca-LuqueJosep BrugadaMarta SitgesEduard GuaschLluis MontPublished 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 (2021)
Atrial fibrosis was predominantly located in the area adjacent to the DAo, and increased with the proximity between the two structures. Furthermore, this regional fibrosis better predicted recurrence after AF ablation than total atrial fibrosis.