Expert Recommendations on Cardiac Computed Tomography for Planning Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion

Authors

Kasper Korsholm
Sergio Berti
Xavier Iriart
Jacqueline Saw
Dee Dee Wang, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Hubert Cochet
Danny Chow
Alberto Clemente
Ole De Backer
Jesper Møller Jensen
Jens Erik Nielsen-Kudsk

Recommended Citation

Korsholm K, Berti S, Iriart X, Saw J, Wang DD, Cochet H, Chow D, Clemente A, De Backer O, Moller Jensen J, and Nielsen-Kudsk JE. Expert Recommendations on Cardiac Computed Tomography for Planning Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 13(3):277-292.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-10-2020

Publication Title

JACC Cardiovasc Interv

Abstract

Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion is an increasingly used alternative to oral anticoagulation in selected patients with atrial fibrillation. Pre-procedural imaging is a prerequisite to a successful intervention, with transesophageal echocardiography as the current gold standard. However, cardiac computed tomography offers improved imaging with high-quality multiplanar and 3-dimensional reconstructed images. Nevertheless, the lack of a standardized imaging protocol has slowed the adoption of cardiac computed tomography into clinical practice. On the basis of current research and expert consensus, this paper provides a protocol for the preparation, acquisition, and interpretation of cardiac computed tomographic imaging in pre-procedural planning of left atrial appendage occlusion.

PubMed ID

31678086

Volume

13

Issue

3

First Page

277

Last Page

292