Key result
Contemporary cardiac imaging techniques are increasingly utilized for predicting arrhythmic risk, guiding catheter ablation, and optimizing cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Why the study?
Electrophysiologists increasingly rely on advanced high-resolution 3-dimensional cardiac imaging for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of various arrhythmic disorders.
Contemporary 3D cardiac imaging techniques are increasingly integral to predicting arrhythmic risk and guiding electrophysiological procedures such as ablation and cardiac resynchronization therapy.
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May support imaging integration in arrhythmia workflows; leaves open need for prospective outcome trials.
Recent technological advances in cardiac imaging allow the visualization of anatomic details up to millimeter size in 3-dimensional format. Thus, it is not surprising that electrophysiologists increasingly rely upon cardiac imaging for the diagnosis, treatment, and subsequent management of patients affected by various arrhythmic disorders. Cardiac imaging methods reviewed in the present work involve: 1) the prediction of arrhythmic risk for sudden cardiac death in patients with heart disease; 2) catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia; and 3) cardiac resynchronization therapy. Future integration of diagnostic and interventional cardiac imaging will further increase the effectiveness of cardiac electrophysiological procedures and will help in delivering patient-specific therapies with ablation and cardiac implantable electronic devices.
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Auricchio et al. (2019) conducted a review in Arrhythmic disorders. Contemporary cardiac imaging techniques was evaluated. Contemporary cardiac imaging techniques are increasingly utilized for predicting arrhythmic risk, guiding catheter ablation, and optimizing cardiac resynchronization therapy.
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