Noninvasive cardiac imaging is crucial for the characterization of patients who are candidates for cardiac ablations, for both procedure planning and long-term management. Multimodality cardiac imaging can provide not only anatomical parameters but even more importantly functional information that may allow a better risk stratification of cardiac patients. Moreover, fusion of anatomical and functional data derived from noninvasive cardiac imaging with the results of endocavitary mapping may possibly allow a better identification of the ablation substrate and also avoid peri-procedural complications. As a result, imaging-guided electrophysiological procedures are associated with an improved outcome than traditional ablation procedures, with a consistently lower recurrence rate.
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Gimelli, A., Ernst, S., & Liga, R. (2021). Multi-Modality Imaging for the Identification of Arrhythmogenic Substrates Prior to Electrophysiology Studies. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. Frontiers Media SA. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.640087
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