Cardiac MRI and Fibrosis Quantification.
Ablation
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrosis
LGE-MRI
Journal
Cardiac electrophysiology clinics
ISSN: 1877-9190
Titre abrégé: Card Electrophysiol Clin
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101549998
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2019
09 2019
Historique:
entrez:
12
8
2019
pubmed:
12
8
2019
medline:
10
3
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Left atrial fibrosis plays an important role in the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation. Left atrial ablation is an effective and increasingly used strategy to restore and maintain sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation. Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) MRI and custom image analysis software have been used to visualize and quantify preablation atrial fibrosis and postablation scar and new fibrosis formation. This article reviews technical aspects of imaging atrial fibrosis/scar by LGE-MRI; use of atrial fibrosis and scar in predicting outcomes; applications of LGE-MRI to assess ablation lesions and optimize ablation parameters while avoiding collateral damage.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31400877
pii: S1877-9182(19)30036-X
doi: 10.1016/j.ccep.2019.04.005
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
537-549Informations de copyright
Published by Elsevier Inc.