Non‐contrast enhanced simultaneous 3D whole‐heart bright‐blood pulmonary veins visualization and black‐blood quantification of atrial wall thickness

摘要

PurposePre‐interventional assessment of atrial wall thickness (AWT) and of subject‐specific variations in the anatomy of the pulmonary veins may affect the success rate of RF ablation procedures for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). This study introduces a novel non‐contrast enhanced 3D whole‐heart sequence providing simultaneous information on the cardiac anatomy—including both the arterial and the venous system—(bright‐blood volume) and AWT (black‐blood volume).