Observational studyThe British journal of radiology2021
Association between pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation and outcome after second-generation cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation.
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- Lifestyle modification in atrial fibrillation: Mechanisms, phenotypes and ablation outcomes.Experimental physiology · 2026Review
- A new insight on imaging characteristics of pericoronary adipose tissue for cardiovascular risk.Cardiovascular ultrasound · 2026Review
- Coronary Artery Inflammation and Epicardial Adipose Tissue Volume in Relation with Atrial Fibrillation Development.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Cardiac CT for electrophysiological interventions.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2025Review
- Computed tomography-based assessment of pericoronary adipose tissue in cardiovascular diseases: Diagnostic and prognostic implications.World journal of radiology · 2025Review
- Combining computed tomography features of left atrial epicardial and pericoronary adipose tissue with the triglyceride-glucose index to predict the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after radiofrequency catheter ablation: a machine learning study.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Relationship between different clinical characteristics and pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation values quantified from coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) in patients without coronary heart disease (CHD).Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Impact of pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation on recurrence after radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.Clinical cardiology · 2023Article
- Association of pericoronary adipose tissue with atrial fibrillation recurrence after ablation based on computed tomographic angiography.Japanese journal of radiology · 2023Article
- Value of Imaging in the Non-Invasive Prediction of Recurrence after Catheter Ablation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: An Up-to-Date Review.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
- State of the art paper: Cardiac computed tomography of the left atrium in atrial fibrillation.Journal of cardiovascular computed tomographyReview
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Abstract
objectivesPrevious studies reported the association between inflammation and atrial fibrillation (AF). Pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) attenuation, PCATA, on cardiac CT angiography (CTA) reflects pericoronary inflammation. We hypothesized that the PCATA predicts AF recurrence after cryoballoon ablation (CBA) for paroxysmal and persistent AF.
methodsWe studied 364 patients (median age, 65 years) with persistent (
resultsAF recurrence after the 3-month blanking period was detected in 90 patients (24.7%) during the median follow-up of 26 (interquartile range, 19-42) months. AF recurrence was associated with prior stroke and statin use, NT-proBNP and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin-I levels, left ventricular dimension, left atrial volume index (LAVI), 3V-PCATA, and early AF recurrence during the blanking period. On multivariable Cox proportional hazard analysis, prior stroke (hazard ratio [HR], 2.208, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.166-4.180,
conclusionPre-ablation CTA-derived 3V-PCATA, representing pericoronary inflammation, was an independent predictor of recurrence after first-session AF ablation using a second-generation cryoballoon. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: Assessment of 3V-PCATA may identify patients at high risk of AF recurrence after CBA for AF.
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