Multimodality imaging of left atrium in patients with atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia worldwide associated with significant morbidity and mortality and represents a significant health care burden. Goals of AF treatment include prevention of cardioembolic stroke using anticoagulation and device therapy and restoration of sinus rhythm using antiarrhythmic drugs or catheter ablation techniques. A comprehensive assessment of cardiac chamber size and function is often started with echocardiography as a first line diagnostic imaging strategy.

Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography - March 29, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Marco Guglielmo, Andrea Baggiano, Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Laura Fusini, Daniele Andreini, Saima Mushtaq, Edoardo Conte, Andrea Annoni, Alberto Formenti, Elisabetta Maria Mancini, Paola Gripari, Andrea Igoren Guaricci, Mark G. Rabbat, Mauro Pepi, Gianluca Pon Source Type: research