Left Atrial Volume Quantified by MSCT Predicts Emergency Hospitalizations for AF and Arrhythmia Recurrence after Catheter Ablation

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the correlation between multislice computed tomography (MSCT)-derived parameters characterizing atrial enlargement and the frequency of emergency hospitalizations after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF).

Keywords

• atrial fibrillation
• emergency hospitalization
• ablation
• recurrence
• left atrium volume