Key result
Multimodality imaging advances thromboembolic risk stratification, diagnosis, and management of left atrial thrombosis in AF.
Why the study?
The role of different imaging modalities to estimate thromboembolic risk in atrial fibrillation is a key clinical question requiring further clarification.
Multimodality imaging plays an increasingly fundamental role in the stratification of thromboembolic risk and management of left atrial thrombosis in patients with atrial fibrillation.
The management of atrial fibrillation (AF) is not only a clinical challenge but also an imaging challenge. The role of different imaging modalities to estimate the thromboembolic risk in AF is a key clinical question. The present review summarizes the advances of myocardial imaging in the stratification of thromboembolic risk, diagnosis, and management of left atrial thrombosis in patients with AF. These imaging techniques are also important for understanding arrhythmias and their consequences. It is becoming fundamental for guiding therapy. Still, large studies are required, but be sure that left atrial imaging will become more and more clinically fundamental.
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Donal et al. (2019) conducted a review in Atrial fibrillation. Multimodality imaging was evaluated. Multimodality imaging advances the stratification of thromboembolic risk, diagnosis, and management of left atrial thrombosis in patients with atrial fibrillation.
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