Multimodality imaging provides a comprehensive evaluation of left atrial remodeling and offers parameters to identify patients at risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke.
Multimodality imaging provides a comprehensive evaluation of left atrial remodeling to identify patients at risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and stroke are important major health problems that share common risk factors and frequently coexist. Left atrial (LA) remodeling is an important underlying substrate for AF and stroke. LA dilation and dysfunction form a prothrombotic milieu characterized by blood stasis and endothelial dysfunction. In addition, alterations of the atrial cardiomyocytes, increase of noncollagen deposits in the interstitial space and fibrosis, favor the occurrence of re-entry that predisposes to AF. Eventually, AF further impairs LA function and promotes LA remodeling, closing a self-perpetuating vicious circle. Multimodality imaging provides a comprehensive evaluation of several aspects of LA remodeling and offers several parameters to identify patients at risk of AF and stroke. How multimodality imaging can be integrated in clinical management of patients at risk of AF and stroke is the focus of the present review paper.
Delgado et al. (2017) conducted a review in Atrial fibrillation and stroke. Multimodality imaging was evaluated. Multimodality imaging provides a comprehensive evaluation of left atrial remodeling and offers parameters to identify patients at risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke.
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