Magnetic resonance detection of advanced atrial cardiomyopathy increases the risk for atypical atrial flutter occurrence following atrial fibrillation ablation.
Elisenda FerróNúria PérezTill F AlthoffEduard GuaschSusana PratAdelina DoltraRoger BorràsJosé Maria TolosanaElena ArbeloMarta SitgesAndreu Porta-SánchezIvo Roca LuqueLluis MontJean-Baptiste GuichardPublished 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 (2023)
Advanced atrial cardiomyopathy assessed by LGE-CMR, such as increased LA sphericity, global LA fibrosis, and fibrosis in the lateral wall, is independently associated with arrhythmia recurrence in the form of AFL following AF ablation.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- direct oral anticoagulants
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- risk assessment
- minimally invasive
- left ventricular
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- liver fibrosis
- mitral valve
- coronary artery disease
- computed tomography
- sensitive detection
- quantum dots