Maurce Pradella1, Sven Knecht2, Michael Kühne2, Aline Mühl2, Tobias Reichlin2, Gian Voellmin2, David Conen2, Jens Bremerich1, Stefan Osswald2, Christian Sticherling2, and Bram Stieltjes1
1Department of Radiology, University of Basel Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, 2Department of Cardiology, University of Basel Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Atrial
fibrillation (AF) is a common disease and associated with myocardial
infarction, stroke and dementia. We propose a new approach based on the
sphericity of fitted ellipsoids in left atriums of patients with AF. Our
results show a strong correlation between sphericity of these ellipsoids and
burden of disease and may serve as an objective surrogate parameter in the
future.
