Biatrial volume, estimated using magnetic resonance imaging, predicts atrial fibrillation recurrence after ablation.
Yu KumagaiTadateru IwayamaTakanori ArimotoDaisuke KutsuzawaNaoaki HashimotoHarutoshi TamuraSatoshi NishiyamaHiroki TakahashiTetsuro ShishidoSou YamauchiTamon YamanakaTakuya MiyamotoTetsu WatanabeIsao KubotaMasafumi WatanabePublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2018)
LAV, RAV, and BAV were independent predictors of AF recurrence after PVI. Quantifying BAV may additionally improve prognostic stratification compared with LAV or RAV.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- magnetic resonance imaging
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- computed tomography
- heart failure
- contrast enhanced
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- radiofrequency ablation
- acute coronary syndrome
- magnetic resonance
- left ventricular