<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent cardiac arrhythmia increasing the risk of stroke and mortality from heart failure. Magnetic resonance imaging was used by several authors for assessment of atrial fibrosis and to predict the rate of recurrence following AF ablation. The aim of this manuscript was to summarize the new data in the literature regarding the role of atrial fibrosis in AF imaging and the role of cardiac fibrosis in predicting AF recurrence after radio-frequency ablation.</p></abstract>

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent cardiac arrhythmia increasing the risk of stroke and mortality from heart failure. Magnetic resonance imaging was used by several authors for assessment of atrial fibrosis and to predict the rate of recurrence following AF ablation. The aim of this manuscript was to summarize the new data in the literature regarding the role of atrial fibrosis in AF imaging and the role of cardiac fibrosis in predicting AF recurrence after radio-frequency ablation.

Myocardial Fibrosis and the Risk of Recurrence in Atrial Fibrillation

University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș,

Center of Advanced Research in Multimodality Cardiac Imaging, Cardio Med Medical Center, Tîrgu Mureș,

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent cardiac arrhythmia increasing the risk of stroke and mortality from heart failure. Magnetic resonance imaging was...

Myocardial Fibrosis and the Risk of Recurrence in Atrial Fibrillation

Published Online: Dec 29, 2016

Page range: 259 - 262

Received: Oct 12, 2016

Accepted: Nov 07, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2016-0067

Keywords
atrial fibrillation, cardiac MRI, atrial fibrosis, catheter ablation

© 2016 István Kovács et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Myocardial Fibrosis and the Risk of Recurrence in Atrial Fibrillation

Published Online: Dec 29, 2016

Page range: 259 - 262

Received: Oct 12, 2016

Accepted: Nov 07, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2016-0067

Keywordsatrial fibrillation, cardiac MRI, atrial fibrosis, catheter ablation

© 2016 István Kovács et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
atrial fibrillation, cardiac MRI, atrial fibrosis, catheter ablation