Delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging techniques for detecting left atrial wall fibrosis present various advantages and limitations, introducing variability in the quantified fibrosis.
This review highlights the advantages, limitations, and sources of variability among different methods for detecting and quantifying left atrial fibrosis using delayed-enhancement MRI.
This paper presents a review of the different approaches existing in the literature to detect and quantify fibrosis in contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance images of the left atrial wall. The paper provides a critical analysis of the different methods, stating their advantages and limitations, and providing detailed analysis on the possible sources of variability in the final amount of detected fibrosis coming from the use of different techniques.
Pontecorboli et al. (Tue,) conducted a review in Atrial fibrosis. Delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging was evaluated on Detection and quantification of fibrosis in the left atrial wall. Delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging techniques for detecting left atrial wall fibrosis present various advantages and limitations, introducing variability in the quantified fibrosis.