TY - JOUR
T1 - EACVI/EHRA Expert Consensus Document on the role of multi-modality imaging for the evaluation of patients with atrial fibrillation
AU - Donal, Erwan
AU - Lip, Gregory Y H
AU - Galderisi, Maurizio
AU - Goette, Andreas
AU - Shah, Dipen
AU - Marwan, Mohamed
AU - Lederlin, Mathieu
AU - Mondillo, Sergio
AU - Edvardsen, Thor
AU - Sitges, Marta
AU - Grapsa, Julia
AU - Garbi, Madalina
AU - Senior, Roxy
AU - Gimelli, Alessia
AU - Potpara, Tatjana S
AU - Van Gelder, Isabelle C
AU - Gorenek, Bulent
AU - Mabo, Philippe
AU - Lancellotti, Patrizio
AU - Kuck, Karl-Heinz
AU - Popescu, Bogdan A
AU - Hindricks, Gerhard
AU - Habib, Gilbert
AU - Cardim, Nuno M
AU - Cosyns, Bernard
AU - Delgado, Victoria
AU - Haugaa, Kristina H
AU - Muraru, Denisa
AU - Nieman, Koen
AU - Boriani, Giuseppe
AU - Cohen, Ariel
AU - Document Reviewers: For EACVI:
N1 - Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2016. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest cardiac rhythm disorder. Evaluation of patients with AF requires an electrocardiogram, but imaging techniques should be considered for defining management and driving treatment. The present document is an expert consensus from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) and the European Heart Rhythm Association. The clinical value of echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), computed tomography (CT), and nuclear imaging in AF patients are challenged. Left atrial (LA) volume and strain in echocardiography as well as assessment of LA fibrosis in CMR are discussed. The value of CT, especially in planning interventions, is highlighted. Fourteen consensus statements have been reached. These may serve as a guide for both imagers and electrophysiologists for best selecting the imaging technique and for best interpreting its results in AF patients.
AB - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest cardiac rhythm disorder. Evaluation of patients with AF requires an electrocardiogram, but imaging techniques should be considered for defining management and driving treatment. The present document is an expert consensus from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) and the European Heart Rhythm Association. The clinical value of echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), computed tomography (CT), and nuclear imaging in AF patients are challenged. Left atrial (LA) volume and strain in echocardiography as well as assessment of LA fibrosis in CMR are discussed. The value of CT, especially in planning interventions, is highlighted. Fourteen consensus statements have been reached. These may serve as a guide for both imagers and electrophysiologists for best selecting the imaging technique and for best interpreting its results in AF patients.
U2 - 10.1093/ehjci/jev354
DO - 10.1093/ehjci/jev354
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26864186
SN - 2047-2404
VL - 17
SP - 355
EP - 383
JO - European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging
JF - European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging
IS - 4
ER -