ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2024
The value of computed tomography angiography for evaluation of left atrial enlargement in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.
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- Analysis of Cardiac Computed Tomography: Investigating the Relationship Between Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Left Heart Remodeling in Patients With Myocardial Ischemia Due to Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- A Novel Clinical Score Integrating Low-Voltage Zones and Biomarkers Predicts Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence Post-Ablation.Clinical cardiology · 2025Article
- Coronary Artery Inflammation and Epicardial Adipose Tissue Volume in Relation with Atrial Fibrillation Development.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Automatic quantification of left atrium volume for cardiac rhythm analysis leveraging 3D residual UNet for time-varying segmentation of ECG-gated CT.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe post-processing technology of CTA offers significant advantages in evaluating left atrial enlargement (LAE) in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (PAF). This study aims to identify parameters for rapidly and accurately diagnosing LAE in patients with PAF using CT cross-sections.
methodsLeft atrial pulmonary venous (PV) CT was performed to 300 PAF patients with dual-source CT, and left atrial volume (LAV), left atrial anteroposterior diameter (LAD1), left atrial transverse diameter (LAD2), and left atrial area (LAA) were measured in the ventricular end systolic (ES) and middle diastolic (MD). LA index (LAI) = LA parameter/body surface area (BSA). Left atrial volume index (LAVI
results227 patients were enrolled in the group, 101 (44.5%) of whom had LAE. LAV
conclusionsThe axial LAA measured by CTA can be served as a parameter for the rapid and accurate diagnosis of LAE in patients with PAF.
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