ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022
Fractal Geometry Illustrated Left Atrial Appendage Morphology That Predicted Thrombosis and Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.
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- Application of fractal dimension combined with radiomics and clinical scores in recurrence prediction of atrial fibrillation after radiofrequency ablation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
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- The correlation between left atrial appendage morphology and thromboembolic risk in atrial fibrillation.Frontiers in stroke · 2025Review
- Echocardiographic assessment of left atrial appendage morphology and function-an expert proposal by the German Working Group of Cardiovascular Ultrasound.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2025Review
- How the trabeculae protrude within the left atrial appendage is the key factor affecting thrombosis in patients with atrial fibrillation.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2023Article
- Mechanisms and Prediction of Ischemic Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Finding low CHA2DS2-VASc scores unreliable? Why not give morphological and hemodynamic methods a try?Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
Background: This study aims to correlate the morphological complexity of left atrial appendage (LAA) with thrombosis and stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods: The training cohort consisted of 46 patients with AF (age 55.8 ± 7.2 years, 73.9% men) who were referred for radiofrequency catheter ablation. An independent validation cohort consisting of 443 patients with AF was enrolled for further verification. All patients in the training cohort underwent both transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and enhanced computed tomography (CT). Fractal dimension (FD) analysis was performed to evaluate the morphological complexity of LAAs quantitatively. Clinical and imaging manifestations, FD of LAAs, and diagnostic accuracy were investigated and compared between patients with AF in both training and validation cohorts. Results: In the training cohort, LAAs ( Conclusion: LAA morphological complexity is closely associated with thrombosis and stroke in patients with paroxysmal AF. A new risk assessment system combining CHA
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