Catheter ablation for AF in heart failure: Can MRI predict benefit?

本建议旨在评估导管消融治疗心力衰竭患者心房颤动的作用。我们认为，心脏MRI将是一个有用的分层工具，用来确定哪些患者可能从导管消融中受益，也就是说，没有明显的纤维化。我们提出了一项随机心脏MRI引导的多中心试验，以确定导管消融术作为此类患者心力衰竭的有效治疗方法的益处。

This proposal aims to evaluate the role of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure. We hyopthesise that cardiac MRI will be a useful stratification tool in identifying which patients are likely to benefit from catheter ablation, namely by the absence of significant fibrosis. We propose a randomised cardiac MRI guided multi-centre trial to ascertain the benefit of catheter ablation as an effective treatment of heart failure in such patients.