Role of imaging in assessment of atrial fibrosis in patients with atrial fibrillation: state-of-the-art review

Usefulness of Atrial Deformation Analysis to Predict Left Atrial Fibrosis and Endocardial Thickness in Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Operations for Severe Mitral Regurgitation Secondary to Mitral Valve Prolapse

(2012) Matteo Cameli et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Three-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography: Methodological Aspects and Clinical Potential

(2012) Jose A. Urbano-Moral et al.   ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES

Extracellular matrix alterations in the atria: insights into the mechanisms and perpetuation of atrial fibrillation

(2012) C. A. Goudis et al.   EUROPACE

Methodology for patient-specific modeling of atrial fibrosis as a substrate for atrial fibrillation

(2012) Kathleen S. McDowell et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY

Assessment of Left Atrial Mechanics in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Comparison between Two-Dimensional Speckle-Based Strain and Velocity Vector Imaging

(2012) Hirohiko Motoki et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Assessment of Left Atrial Deformation and Synchrony by Three-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography: Comparative Studies in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

(2012) Atsushi Mochizuki et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

New echocardiographic techniques for evaluation of left atrial mechanics

(2012) Maria Chiara Todaro et al.   European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update

(2011) et al.   CIRCULATION

Left Atrial Deformation Imaging with Ultrasound Based Two-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Predicts the Rate of Recurrence of Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation After Successful Ablation Procedures

(2011) CHRISTOPH HAMMERSTINGL et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Left atrial reservoir function predicts atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation: a two-dimensional speckle strain study

(2011) Mahek Mirza et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Correlation between AF Substrate Ablation Difficulty and Left Atrial Fibrosis Quantified by Delayed-Enhancement Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

(2011) JULIEN SEITZ et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Left Atrial Strain and Strain Rate in Patients With Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) Suman S. Kuppahally et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Evaluation of the left atrial substrate in patients with lone atrial fibrillation using delayed-enhanced MRI: Implications for disease progression and response to catheter ablation

(2010) Christian Mahnkopf et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Tailored Management of Atrial Fibrillation Using a LGE-MRI Based Model: From the Clinic to the Electrophysiology Laboratory

(2010) GASTON R. VERGARA et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Atrial Fibrosis Helps Select the Appropriate Patient and Strategy in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A DE-MRI Guided Approach

(2010) NAZEM AKOUM et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Feasibility and reference values of left atrial longitudinal strain imaging by two-dimensional speckle tracking

(2009) Matteo Cameli et al.   Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Detection and Quantification of Left Atrial Structural Remodeling With Delayed-Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Robert S. Oakes et al.   CIRCULATION

Regulatory mechanisms of atrial fibrotic remodeling in atrial fibrillation

(2008) C.-S. Lin et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Strain rate imaging for functional quantification of the left atrium: atrial deformation predicts the maintenance of sinus rhythm after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

(2008) C. Schneider et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Echocardiographic strain and strain rate imaging — Clinical applications

(2008) Michael Dandel et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Extracellular Matrix Alterations in Patients With Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Eleftherios M. Kallergis et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

New Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Method for Defining the Extent of Left Atrial Wall Injury After the Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Christopher J. McGann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Atrial Fibrosis: Mechanisms and Clinical Relevance in Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Brett Burstein et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY