Cardiac magnetic resonance for early atrial lesion visualization post atrial fibrillation radiofrequency catheter ablation.
Marco GuglielmoSophie RierGiulia De ZanAxel J KrafftMichaela SchmidtKarl P KunzeRene M BotnarClaudia PrietoJeroen van der HeijdenVincent Van DrielHemanth RamannaPim van der HarstIvo van der BiltPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2023)
CMR can visualize PVAI-L immediately after the RFCA of AF even without the use of contrast agents. Future studies are needed to understand if the use of CMR for PVAI-L detection after RFCA can improve the results of ablation procedures.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- magnetic resonance
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- contrast enhanced
- direct oral anticoagulants
- current status
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- real time pcr
- case control
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- label free
- computed tomography
- coronary artery disease
- sensitive detection
- venous thromboembolism