Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging-derived atrial fibrosis in patients with pre-atrial fibrillation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Atrial fibrosis identified on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has been proposed as a preprocedural imaging biomarker for patient selection for rhythm control interventions in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Whether atrial fibrosis is present in patients considered as 'pre-AF' is unknown.

Methods and results

We prospectively recruited 12 participants with pre-AF as defined by the Future Innovations in Novel Detection for Atrial Fibrillation (FIND-AF machine learning algorithm, without AF diagnosed during AF screening, and compared them to 25 participants with confirmed AF. All participants underwent CMR using a 3T system with left atrial fibrosis quantification and ADAS-3D left atrial image postprocessing software. Participants with pre-AF had sm

SUBMITTER: Wahab A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12666032 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature