Key result
Cardiac CT provides high-resolution imaging for pre-procedural planning and post-procedural surveillance in arrhythmia interventions.
Why the study?
Cardiac CT is increasingly used for guidance, complication assessment, and surveillance in interventional arrhythmia treatments, warranting a discussion of current pre- and post-interventional applications.
Cardiac CT is a valuable tool for pre-procedural planning and post-procedural surveillance in patients undergoing interventional arrhythmia management.
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May aid arrhythmia intervention planning and surveillance; leaves open prospective outcome validation.
Several interventional treatment options exist in patients with atrial and ventricular arrhythmia. Cardiac CT is routinely performed prior to occlusion of the left atrial appendage, pulmonary vein isolation, and cardiac device implantation. Besides the evaluation of coronary artery disease, cardiac CT provides isotropic, high-resolution CT images of the cardiac anatomy with the possibility of multiplanar reformations and three-dimensional reconstructions which are helpful to guide interventional treatment. In addition, cardiac CT is increasingly used to rapidly evaluate periprocedural complications and for the routine post-procedural imaging surveillance in patients after interventions. This review article will discuss current applications of pre- and post-interventional CT imaging in patients with arrhythmia.
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Cundari et al. (2023) conducted a review in Arrhythmia. Cardiac CT imaging was evaluated. Cardiac CT provides high-resolution imaging for pre-procedural planning and post-procedural surveillance in patients undergoing interventional treatment for arrhythmia.
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