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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2024

Left Atrial Wall Thickness Estimated by Cardiac CT: Implications for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation.

Pedro Silva Cunha, Sérgio Laranjo, Sofia Monteiro, Inês Grácio Almeida, Tiago Mendonça, Iládia Fontes, Rui Cruz Ferreira, Ana G Almeida, Maxim Didenko, Mário Martins Oliveira

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Sex-associated differences in lesion delivery and atrial fibrillation recurrence after cryoballoon ablation.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2026
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  5. The Integral Role of Cardiac Imaging in the Electrophysiology Field.The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Pedro Silva CunhaCardiology Service, Arrhythmology, Pacing and Electrophysiology Unit, Hospital Santa Marta, 1169-024 Lisbon, Portugal.
Sérgio LaranjoCardiology Service, Arrhythmology, Pacing and Electrophysiology Unit, Hospital Santa Marta, 1169-024 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-2169-4024
Sofia MonteiroCardiology Service, Arrhythmology, Pacing and Electrophysiology Unit, Hospital Santa Marta, 1169-024 Lisbon, Portugal.
Inês Grácio AlmeidaCardiology Service, Arrhythmology, Pacing and Electrophysiology Unit, Hospital Santa Marta, 1169-024 Lisbon, Portugal.
Tiago MendonçaCardiology Service, Arrhythmology, Pacing and Electrophysiology Unit, Hospital Santa Marta, 1169-024 Lisbon, Portugal.
Iládia FontesImagiology Department, Hospital Santa Marta, 1169-024 Lisbon, Portugal.
Rui Cruz FerreiraCardiology Service, Arrhythmology, Pacing and Electrophysiology Unit, Hospital Santa Marta, 1169-024 Lisbon, Portugal.
Ana G AlmeidaCCUL@RISE, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal.
Maxim DidenkoHeart and Diabetes Center NRW, University Clinic of the Ruhr University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany.
Mário Martins OliveiraCardiology Service, Arrhythmology, Pacing and Electrophysiology Unit, Hospital Santa Marta, 1169-024 Lisbon, Portugal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial wall thickness (AWT) is a significant factor in understanding the pathological physiological substrate of atrial fibrillation, with a potentially substantial impact on the outcomes of catheter ablation procedures. Precise measurements of the AWT may provide valuable insights for categorising patients with AF and planning targeted interventions.

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atrial fibrillationatrial remodellingatrial wall thicknesscatheter ablationganglionated plexileft atriummulti-detector computed tomographypersonalised treatmentrecurrence-free survivalsubstrate

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PMID39336866
PMCPMC11432590

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